International Business

In 2005 the total revenue of outbound international services including those taking Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as destinations amounted to RMB 2.596 billion, an increase of 20.4% over 2004, in which, the revenue of international mail services decreased by 5% to RMB 270 million, and the revenue of international parcel, express and remittance services grew by 7.4% to RMB 550 million, 29.1% to RMB 1.69 billion and 82.2% to RMB 80 million over the previous year, respectively.

In the same year, the volume of international mail services covering Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan stood at 40.024 million, a year-on-year decrease of 13.1%. The volume of international parcel and express services covering the same region grew by 5.2% to 1.567 million and 28.7% to 6.988 million, respectively.