PRC State Post Bureau: Post, Courier Services Handles 243M Packages on Double 12
According to official website of the State Post Bureau, monitoring data showed that postal enterprises received 243 million packages on December 12, a 38 percent increase from last year.
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CSPB said the delivery industry had a high volume of packages on the Double 12 sales holiday. A month ago, during the Double 11 Festival (from November 11 to 16), the industry had a peak volume of 1.496 billion packages, up 33.6 percent from 2016.
According to CSPB, major delivery enterprises made preparations in their warehouses to provide the capacity and personnel needed on this year’s Double 12. Companies continued the measures from the Double 11 Festival and paid special attention to link services and security work to ensure shipments were timely and safe.
According to monitoring data, postal enterprises received 243 million packages on December 12, a 38 percent increase from 2016.
In addition, several delivery companies said the cold and snowy weather during the next few days would cause slow deliveries in northeastern China, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.
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