HAKOM: Positive Trends in the Postal Service Market
PRESS RELEASE
In the first quarter of 2017 the number of postal parcels and revenues increased in comparison to the same period last year. ZAGREB, May 30, 2017 - The postal services market in the Republic of Croatia continued to show a positive trend in the first quarter of 2017. The number of parcels has increased by 23 percent compared to the same period in 2016 which made the parcel grow on the market for about 1 %.The number of parcels has also risen and the number of parcels has been increased for 13 % in comparison to 2015. Such a trend in packet growth may be associated with e-commerce development. The increase in the number of parcels has contributed to the increase in revenues generated by the postal services so that these revenues are higher by 4 percent compared to the same period last year implying that annual results in 2017 will be better than in 2016. Positive trends in the postal services market also affect postal investment growing year after year aimed to moderate and improve service delivery. According to the data of postal service providers in 2016, 118 million HRK was invested which is 40 % more than a year earlier. During the first quarter of 2017, a postal service provider stopped carrying out postal services. Therefore at the end of the quarter there were 22 service providers including the largest provider HP-Hrvatska Pošta with its share amounting 82 percent at the end of the first quarter. The data from the first quarter on the postal services market are available on the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries at default.aspx?id=29 # # # For additional information please contact: Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9 10110 Zagreb, Croatia Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07 Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70 Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: Registration required.
ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.
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