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Title:: Estimation of industry transportation volume and value of national courier industry

Author(s):: ZHANG Cheng; (Office of Policy and Regulation Development, Research Center of the State Post Bureau, Beijing 100868, China)

Keywords:: courier transportation volume; courier turnover volume; value of courier goods; weight of delivery goods

Abstract:: This paper estimates for the transportation volume, turnover volume and value of national courier industry by collocating 120 million copies of waybills of a domestic courier brand in 2014. This paper estimates that in 2014 the ransportation volume was 4.131 94×107 t, the turnover volume was 3.459×1010t·km, and the value of courier goods was ￥536.97/kg of the courier industry in China. The results show that the courier freight has the characteristics of “small transportation volume and high value” and should have higher strategic position in comprehensive transportation system.