SF Express will be in Beijing and other 16 cities are subject to three yuan pickup fee
(Reporter Suman Li) with the labor shortage, gasoline and diesel prices, the rise in the price of express industry constantly. Reporters learned yesterday from the SF, from March 7, good luck in Beijing and other 16 cities in the region to receive $ 3 pickup fee. EMS, tact and other courier companies are yet to follow suit. The country's largest highway LTL companies Nadu logistics raised its freight, from February 25 up to increase 6%.
16 cities plus charge a fee
Since March 7, SF will pick-up service in some cities the pilot to receive the residential service charge. Such as the mailing address at the delineation of the company's residential fee within the region, and scattered single customer, posting and delivery of urban, suburban, the province pieces to be subject to three yuan per ticket, residential service charge by Sent customer to pay a separate service charge. Trial city of Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Wuxi, Tianjin, Beijing, Chengdu and other 16 cities in the region. The reporter call the SFExpress at, the clerk of the company, said the Beijing area specifically is how to define the fee region is currently not clear.
Xu Yong, SF, chief adviser of the Chinese domestic express Advisory Network The prices for part of the business is sent to residential areas, not all add to charge parts fee. This is mainly because of scale for the office to the residential area to pick-business is not only cumbersome, it will take a lot of time. The reporter noted that the SF in the recipient or sending pieces of the remote areas of Hong Kong has been charged an additional service fee of HK $ 20.
Courier price or re-raised during the year
Open to receive fees, as our private courier boss SF will lead to other enterprises to follow up. Reporters learned yesterday from the tact, Shen Tong, Tong, these express companies did not have follow-up plans, "state big brother" EMS express industry also said they would not charge the recipient fees.
Xu Yong said that SF is a private courier is a pioneer in the transformation of corporate brands, with price increases space and emboldened. At present, the majority of our private courier companies to stay in the extensive phase of the operation to the size of the market, mainly rely on low-cost, rather than the quality of service to compete for market share.
2005 years ago, the overall profit of China's express delivery industry, about 35%, while the low-price competition has led the industry profit is only maintained in 15%, some companies are even lower. "An express delivery industry, told reporters. As a labor-intensive enterprises, the biggest cost of the courier company from the staff labor costs, about 28% -45%, followed by transportation cost approximately 20% -30%, while the recent outbreak of the labor shortage around the three, the NDRC month, twice raised the price of oil is a big test for express delivery companies. The person is expected to express the price perhaps this year will be slightly raised part of the courier companies, prices will increase 10-20%.
Xu Yong that the current low-price competition is rooted in China's express delivery companies to join the business model, such as joining the mode does not change the express industry in the era of low-price competition will continue.
Price rises
Since late last year, there are a number of private courier price, including tact, through rhyme.
November 1, 2010, tact Express kicks off within the region (province) files raised by 1.5 yuan / ticket, cross-regional documents raised by 2 yuan / votes; region (province) Item re-raised to 1.5 yuan / kg, added weight to increase 1 yuan / kg; weight increase inter-regional goods 2 yuan / kg, added weight to increase 1 yuan / kg.
Ovember 3, 2010, the rhyme delivery, followed by price increases; subsequent January 10, 2011, through Express also joined prices army.
