It may not be much time left for Chinese express companies to recover their health

The rapid development of the electric business market makes the express industry appear unprecedented situation. The latest data from the state Post Office show that the growth rate of express business has exceeded 50% for 28 consecutive months. According to the industry forecast, this year's National Express business volume will surpass the United States, become the world's first. However, the rapid development of the express industry at the same time, but also let the industry's health status more prominent.

State Post bureau Secretary Majunsheng in the first half of the industry's economic performance, pointed out that by the rapid development of online shopping, the postal industry continued to maintain high-speed, stable development posture, business volume, income growth has been 10 consecutive quarters of more than 20%. Among them, express business volume growth rate is 28 consecutive months more than 50%. Compared to this, the first half of the domestic retail sales of consumer goods year-on-year nominal growth rate of 12.7%.

E-commerce is the biggest support for the development of express industry. The rapid development of E-commerce led to the high growth of express, in turn, the promotion of the express industry for E-commerce growth to provide supporting support. Data show that, as of the first quarter, the Chinese online shopping market turnover has always maintained a high growth rate of more than 35%, and express business volume is basically consistent with high growth.

Express industry has become the entire retail channel of the sunrise industry, but successive years of rapid growth also let the profession "sub-health" state.

The national Postal Service released the data shows that the first half of the national scale of more than express companies to complete the business volume of 3.84 billion, growth 60.6%, the total business income reached 62.98 billion yuan, growth of 34.5%. The gap between income growth and business growth is increasing. According to industry sources, the majority of the current express company's profit margin less than 5%. Because of the need to cope with rising labor, land, capital and other costs, as well as the growing price war, corporate profits increasingly meager.

Another data is more intuitive to show the current express market profit worries, as a measure of the profitability of express enterprises, the important standard, express parts are in the decline of income in successive years. According to the statistics of the National Post Office, 2007 Express items are income of 28.6 yuan. By the first half of the year, the data had been lowered to 16.4 yuan. Despite rising residents ' incomes, the courier receipts were only half as much as six years ago.

Facing the express industry in the "Sub-health" state, the state is trying to help express enterprises to embark on a healthy track. The head of the state post Office said that the second half will promote the industry to make full use of railways, highways, civil aviation and other major traffic resources, improve efficiency and reduce operating costs. In the pricing mechanism, the industry tries to promote the industry "high quality and price" process by implementing Express star rating. The industry thinks, do not rule out the future appears "five-star enterprises to set five stars price, the second-level enterprise can only be two-star fees."

In order to get out of the "sub-health" state of high growth and low profit as soon as possible, express companies are also "going abroad" to find a new way of profit. Earlier this month, 9 companies applied for an international express business license. Advance Layout International Express Shun Fong has expanded the Japan, South Korea and the United States and other major areas of the express service, home urgent delivery began to the European development.

However, the time left for Chinese express companies to recover their health may not be much. At present, International express giant FedEx, UPS has been the domestic Express business license, and quietly expand the scope of business, began in China a new round of "Gongchenglvede." In the face of both the size of the enterprise or management level are higher than the local Express international giants, the domestic express market may also set off a new round of "bloody."