Last Thursday, Souhang.com was the first to report that global logistics giant DHL and Deutsche Post had suspended parcel services to China, causing hundreds of thousands of Industry insiders are paying attention!
Subsequently, DHL officials followed up and issued a statement. After verifying and confirming that its Deutsche Post, Deutsche Post, will suspend its small parcel mailing services in Germany to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. , also emphasized that DHL Express and other businesses are still operating normally.
▲DHL follows the confirmation message reported by Search Aviation
If It is said that last week DHL and its subsidiary Deutsche Post were still isolated cases. Well, according to the continuous tracking of Souhang.com this week, as of now, nearly 20 countries have announced that they will stop receiving and sending goods to China. “Mainland” letters and packages!
New Zealand Post suddenly announced the suspension of business in China!
Just yesterday (February 18), New Zealand Post (NZ Post) announced that due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia in China, New Zealand Post will suspend mail delivery to China!
In the latest notification received by customers yesterday, New Zealand Post stated that its partner airlines have suspended flights to China, which means that the company will stop receiving letters, parcels or EMS express mail.
However, International Express to some areas in China can still be sent normally.
The notice said: “Due to force majeure, New Zealand Post announced that it will immediately stop accepting letters, parcels and express mail sent to China until sufficient transportation capacity is available.” p>
New Zealand Post emphasized that items entering New Zealand from China will still be processed in New Zealand. According to the World Health Organization’s advice, the coronavirus does not survive on objects for long, so it is safe to receive emails from China.
New Zealand Post pointed out that despite the WHO’s recommendations, China Post has taken measures “to ensure the safety of the mail processing process and postal personnel.” These measures include post offices, Disinfection of processing centers and transport vehicles, as well as monitoring the physical health of postal workers.
Emails sent to these countries are also affected. In addition, mail sent from New Zealand but passing through China will also be affected.
New Zealand Post pointed out that despite WHO recommendations, China Post has taken measures “to ensure the safety of mail handling processes and postal personnel.” These measures include post offices, Disinfection of processing centers and transport vehicles, as well as monitoring the physical health of postal workers.
Emails sent to these countries are also affected. In addition, mail sent from New Zealand but passing through China will also be affected.
Ukraine Post has suspended the collection of any form of mail to China!
According to authoritative news from the Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine, due to the impact of the coronavirus, routes to China have been significantly reduced, and Ukraine will suspend any form of payment to China. mail!
However, it is also emphasized that emails accepted before February 11 will continue to be delivered, but the delivery time may change.
Ukrainian postal company suspends shipments to China due to coronavirus
Ukrainian Independent News Agency quoted information from the Ukrainian Postal Company on February 13 that due to the impact of the coronavirus, routes to China have been significantly reduced and all forms of mail to China will be suspended. Mail accepted before February 11th will continue to be delivered, but delivery times may change.
Ukrainian Post predicts that there may be serious delays in mails sent from China to Ukraine.
China Post and other cooperative logistics companies that implement mail shipments from China to Ukraine have not received instructions from the WHO and the World Postal Union to ban mail shipments from China.
▲Notice of the Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine
China Post: Not only New Zealand and Ukraine, but also nearly 20 The National Postal Service has also been suspended!
Just when we thought that the postal services of New Zealand and Ukraine were also isolated cases, on February 15, China Post, China’s largest postal enterprise, released the “About Announcement on Postal Services of Some Countries and Regions Suspending the Collection and Delivery of Mail Exported to Mainland China”
The announcement stated that since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia, due to the suspension of overseas postal services and the reduction of international airlines, Or the impact of the suspension of flights to mainland China, some international mail delivery has been affected.
As the express delivery company that played most of the cross-border logistics roles during the epidemic, China Post is recognized as having relatively strong logistics resources. However, this time, the post offices of nearly 21 countries and regions have announced the suspension of postal services exported to China.��It’s still unexpected!
▲China Post Official Announcement
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As of February 14, postal services in Spain, Romania, Croatia, Georgia, Serbia, Jamaica, Singapore, Panama, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and Zimbabwe will stop accepting and sending mail to All kinds of mail from China’s “Mainland” (international letters, parcels and EMS);
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Postal services such as Greece and Denmark have stopped accepting and mailing Letters and packages sent to the “Mainland” of China;
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The U.S. Postal Service has suspended the processing of transit mail services sent by other countries’ postal services to the “Mainland” of China (international Letters, parcels and EMS);
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All types of postal items sent from “mainland” China to Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Macau, China and other post offices The entire time limit for mail (letters, parcels and EMS) and all types of mail (letters, parcels and EMS) sent from Japan and South Korea to the “mainland” of China is affected
Affecting the postal parcel linking business
On February 16, many people in the logistics industry said that according to the signal behind this action, 80% of mainland China -90% of cross-border logistics business will be suspended.
In this regard, China Post related The person in charge also said in an interview with the media a few days ago: “The mail business sent to mainland China from the above areas will indeed be affected.
Not only that, all businesses linked to postal parcels will be affected. In other words, other domestic express delivery companies will also be affected if they have any intersection with China Post in relevant cross-border business.”
Judging from the news released by China Post, the main reason for the suspension of business is The reason is that airlines cooperating with China Post in the above-mentioned countries or regions have suspended flights to mainland China. Therefore, various mail services in mainland China will be suspended.
Express delivery costs are pushed up
It is understood that DHL, UPS and other companies have not temporarily suspended international business to mainland China, but The high price may turn off many consumers. In contrast, China Post’s cross-border business is based on the Universal Postal Union network and the price is relatively moderate.
A senior logistics industry source revealed that domestic cross-border postal parcel business is basically based on the UPU postal network. The suspension of China Post’s business in the above-mentioned countries or regions means that 80% of mainland China- 90% of cross-border logistics businesses will face major challenges.
The person further explained: “The advantage of postal parcels is low prices, so most domestic cross-border e-commerce businesses are launched on this basis, although consumers can still choose international express delivery companies, but the high prices of these companies will be prohibitive.”
In addition, an industry insider of an offshore trading company revealed that dozens of airlines have recently received reports of suspending operations in mainland China. , at the same time, shipping business surged and prices also showed signs of doubling. However, there are still domestic airlines with capacity, but with fewer flights.
In response to this large-scale suspension of postal services, industry insiders said that the cross-border logistics business in mainland China will temporarily face major challenges.
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