China sees rising express delivery volume in Jan-April

China’s courier sector reported a 4.2-per cent increase in its business volume in the first four months of this year, official data showed Monday.

The country’s delivery service providers handled 31.71 billion parcels in the January-April period, according to the State Post Bureau.

During this period, business revenue of the sector gained 2.3 per cent year on year to total 313.33 billion yuan ($FJ101 billion), the bureau said.

In April alone, Chinese delivery service providers saw their business volume and revenue down 11.9 per cent and 10.1 per cent, respectively, from a year ago.