E-commerce was one of the main factors behind the increase in the parcels traffic both at national level, as well as to international destinations. The postal services market grew by 4.4% to EUR 533 million last year.

The total postal traffic continued the trend of moderate growth, exceeding 657 million dispatches in 2015, according to a report published by the local communications authority ANCOM.

The parcels traffic rose by 70.5%% last year up to 74 million parcels. The number of dispatches to international destinations rose five times last year from six million to 32 million parcels.

The postal services market employed 36,450 people last year. Over 26,000 of them were employees of the Romanian Post.

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(photo source: Posta-romana.ro)