Logistics costs are still a major obstacle to the development of the express delivery industry

Logistics costs have become the heart of the courier industry pain. Some foreign media reports that the domestic logistics industry is still far away from the world-class standards, or even less than South Africa, India and other countries. In the opinion of the industry, the high cost of the logistics industry has always been an important issue facing the express delivery industry in China. However, due to policy factors or bottlenecks, it is unlikely to have any significant improvement in the short term.

According to the above news, the cost of the domestic logistics industry is equivalent to 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP), which is 13% -14% higher than that of other developing countries in South India and South Africa and twice that of the developed countries. Statistics show that on average less than 100 yuan online shopping in China, but only up to 8-15 yuan freight.

Shengtong relevant responsible person said that in addition to labor costs, oil costs, highway fees account for an important part of the cost of delivery, the domestic motor transport is facing high tolls, and even some areas there is the phenomenon of fines. It is understood that at present, China's express delivery industry mainly has two forms of transportation, including road and air transport, which dominates.

In addition, the domestic express delivery industry resource allocation level is not high. Xu Yong, chief consultant of China Express Consulting Network, said that compared with the developed countries such as the United States, China has a high vacancy rate of road transport. Statistics show that one-third of the trucks in domestic road transport can not be pulled back during the return trip. Most domestic warehouses are very old, and there is no mechanized operation. In the domestic transport of goods, transport and even transport up to dozens of times.

Faced with high logistics costs, a few days ago, China Railway Corporation first launched "e-commerce train", mainly for online shopping, trying to reduce logistics costs. In the opinion of the industry, China has abundant railway resources. Rail transport has greater cost advantages compared with road transport and air transport. However, it still takes time for the large-scale promotion.