Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index reports 5k parcels were delivered every second in 2021
Well, that’s a lot of parcels. Pitney Bowes, the global tech company, released a shipping index showing that parcel volume hit a whopping 159 billion in 2021 - 108 billion of those parcels generated in China alone. This significant volume spelled out a carrier revenue of $491.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2021 and predictions forecast $216 billion by the year 2027.
With thirteen major markets participating in the report - the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, China, Japan, Australia, and India - the data analyzed shipments that weigh up to 70 lbs. China had the bulk of volume origination, however, the United Kingdom generated the highest per person average at 80 parcels per person.
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