{"id":6385,"date":"2025-08-20T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:00:23","slug":"romanias-courier-market-grows-17-in-2024-on-surge-of-extra-eu-e-commerce-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6385","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s courier market grows 17% in 2024 on surge of extra-EU e-commerce platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s courier industry recorded revenues of RON8.1bn ($1.78bn) in 2024, up 17% year on year, according to data from the SMARTreports platform powered by Bridge-to-Information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/companii\/piata-curierat-ajuns-venituri-8-miliarde-lei-plus-17-insa-profitul-22882234?mc_cid=d51c80b9c9&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar<\/a> reported. The sector added RON 1.1 billion (EUR 220 million) in revenues compared to 2023, marking one of its strongest years of growth.<\/p>\n<p>Despite higher turnover, profitability slightly declined. Courier companies reported a cumulative net profit of RON 290 million (EUR 58 million) in 2024, representing a 2% drop compared to the previous year. Analysts attributed the decrease to increased operational costs, infrastructure investments, and pricing pressures amid intensifying competition.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of the market continues to be driven by the boom in e-commerce, a trend that accelerated during the pandemic and has since consolidated. While local businesses have maintained their digital sales channels, international online platforms have increasingly shaped demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asian companies, including Shein, Temu, and Trendyol, have rapidly expanded in Romania, using aggressive marketing strategies and competitive pricing to capture market share.<\/p>\n<p>According to sector data, deliveries from these platforms have grown exponentially. From fewer than 5,000 parcels per day just a few years ago, daily volumes have now reached approximately 225,000, highlighting the speed and scale of their expansion in the Romanian market.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Pattanaphong Khuankaew\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s courier industry recorded revenues of RON8.1bn ($1.78bn) in 2024, up 17% year on year, according to data from the SMARTreports platform powered by Bridge-to-Information, Ziarul Financiar reported. The sector added RON 1.1 billion (EUR 220 million) in revenues compared to 2023, marking one of its strongest years of growth. Despite higher turnover, profitability slightly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}