In the fiscal year 2023, Japan Post's Yu-Mail was by far the leading delivery service for light-weight commercial mail, with approximately 2.87 billion pieces handled. Kuroneko DM-Bin provided by Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. came in second. The commercial mail volume decreased by 10.5 percent compared to the previous year.
Number of commercial mail items delivered in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by delivery service
(in million items)
fiscal year 2023, the fiscal year in Japan runs from April 1 of the stated year to March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
The term "mail" refers to a transportation service where the shipper takes a comparatively light package, e.g., books, magazines, catalogs, etc., and completes the shipment by dropping it in the consignee's mailbox. The mail is not for personal correspondence and is a single piece in one load carrying a delivery service's product name. Mostly, this service serves commercial purposes, e.g., direct mail.
Since October 2016, Yu-Packet shipments are excluded.
Since Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. changed its accounting period, the fiscal year 2017 includes mail delivered by this company in the period from March 21, 2017, to Mach 31, 2018 (376 days).
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MLIT (Japan). (August 23, 2024). Number of commercial mail items delivered in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by delivery service (in million items) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1188842/japan-commercial-mail-delivery-volume-by-service/
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