NL: More parcels and less mail delivery in 2016

According to the 2016 Postal and Parcel Markets Scan, published by the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Dutch parcel market is growing faster than the mail market is declining. In 2016, the total turnover from mail and parcel deliveries increased to nearly €3 billion.
In 2016 a total of 350 million parcels were sent. Based on that volume, parcel couriers realized a turnover of €1.8 billion. The number of parcels is 12% higher than the number in 2015; an increase in turnover of 8%. Most parcels were sent by businesses to consumers: 152 million mail pieces. Businesses sent nearly 70 million parcels to each other. Consumers sent 7 million parcels (News Item ACM, 10 August 2017).
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