A number of express companies have made it clear that prices will increase during the Spring Festiva

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-02

In view of the recent large-scale rain and snow weather in the central and eastern regions, Shentong Express recently issued an internal document announcing an increase in the price of more than 3 kilograms of express mail sent to 12 provinces across the country, with a price increase of 1 yuan or 3 yuan per kilogram.

*Sourced from the Times Financial Gallery.

In this regard, the reporter of **Times E Company called SF, Yunda, Yuantong, Zhongtong and other express company business personnel, of which only Zhongtong said that due to the transportation cost in the near future, the company has slightly increased the price of more than 3 kg of express mail in some provinces, and the price per kilogram has increased by 0About 2 yuan, SF Express and YTO made it clear that there has been no price increase in the near futureHowever, most courier companies have made it clear that the price of sending express mail during the Spring Festival will increase.

Shentong Express has raised prices in response to the recent rain and snow.

Specifically, the reporter recently learned that Shentong Express recently issued a notice that in order to ensure the quality of delivery services and consumer experience at the end, combined with the current weather conditions, it will make the most important adjustments to the express mail sent to Heilongjiang, Jilin, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Liaoning and other provinces.

The detailed adjustment plan is that 3 kg to 5 kg of express mail will be increased by 1 yuan kg, and more than 5 kg of express mail will be increased by 3 yuan kg. Shentong Express said that each provincial company can adjust the adjustment range of express mail within 3 kg according to its own capacity. The implementation date of this ** adjustment is from January 30 to February 2, 2024, subject to the pick-up time.

According to public information, due to the rain and snow impact period is the peak period of the Spring Festival homecoming, and the area with serious rain and snow impact is located in the central transportation hub province of China, which is very unfavorable to traffic travel, therefore, Shentong Express's ** adjustment aims to balance operating costs and ensure service levels.

According to the forecast of the ** Meteorological Observatory, from the night of January 31 to February 5, there will be snowfall in the eastern part of Northwest China, North China, Northeast China, northern Huanghuai and other places, and there will be rain turning to sleet or snow in central and southern Huanghuai, Jianghan, western and northern Jianghuai, northwest Hunan, central and northern Guizhou, northern and eastern Chongqing. There was moderate to heavy rain in most areas of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River, and heavy rain in some areas. In addition, from February 1 to 4, there was freezing rain in parts of southern Henan, Hubei, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, northwest Hunan, eastern Guizhou, and eastern Chongqing.

Many companies have clarified price increases during the Spring Festival.

In this regard, on February 1, the reporter of **Times E Company called Shentong Express to find that only Zhongtong said that due to the cost of ** in the near future, the price of more than 3 kg of express mail was slightly raised, and the price increase was about 02 yuan kilogram, "up a few cents", in addition, YTO and SF Express business personnel clearly told reporters that the price was not raised for rain and snow.

The official website of Yunda Express issued a letter to customers on January 31 about rain and snow weather, according to the ** Meteorological Bureau, from January 31 to February 5, there will be a large-scale rain, snow and freezing weather process in the central and eastern regions, affected by this, Yunda in some of the above areas of express transit, delivery timeliness will be affected to a certain extent, the company will pay close attention to the impact of weather changes on road transportation, reasonable allocation of resources, go all out to arrange the transit and delivery of express mail, please understand. However, the full text of Yunda Express's notice to customers does not mention price increases or express ** adjustments.

However, according to ** report, SF Express said not long ago that from January 11th to February 9th, it will charge 01ā€”1.2 yuan kg resource adjustment fee.

SF Express charges a resource adjustment fee for shipments over 20kg, which has little impact on ordinary users. An industry insider in the express delivery industry said.

Regarding the charging standard during the Spring Festival, SF Express said that during the Spring Festival holiday from February 10 to February 17, SF Express will charge an additional resource adjustment fee for the delivery service. SF Express said that during the Spring Festival, it will make every effort to ensure the demand for sending and receiving express mail during the holiday, but due to multiple factors such as limited resource allocation and extreme weather changes during the festival, the timeliness of express mail may be affected to varying degrees.

In addition, Jingdong Logistics announced that due to the impact of peak traffic and dispatching resources in various places, it will be charged a peak period resource adjustment fee on the basis of the original contract, and retail customers will be charged 03ā€”0.6 yuan kg peak resource adjustment fee.

Deppon Express also announced that from February 10th to February 17th, it will provide "Spring Festival does not close" service, and provide normal delivery services on other days. However, in order to ensure the shipping service experience during the peak period of the Spring Festival, 03 yuan kgā€”05 yuan kg Spring Festival resource adjustment fee.

It is worth mentioning that although Shentong Express and other companies have adjusted the recent freight rates, as of the evening of January 31, some Shentong partners or collection points such as Hive Hive have not clearly informed consumers that the price of the relevant express delivery has increased when consumers use Hive Hive to send goods, and the courier may add additional freight when the express delivery fee is actually paid, which can easily lead to poor user experience.

According to the 2023 postal industry situation recently announced by the State Post Bureau, in 2023, China's express delivery business volume will complete a total of 1,320700 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 194%, the industry business volume continues to set new records, according to reports, the industry will continue to maintain a steady upward trend in 2024.

According to the analysis of the China Post ** research report, in 2023, the express delivery industry will decline moderately year-on-year, and the overall market share of each company will be stable, and in 2024, with the further recovery of the economy, the industry is still expected to maintain double-digit growth, but the market share stratification of the industry has not yet ended, so the moderate ** competition or continuation, the current dynamic valuation level of the express delivery companies has been at a low level, and the big opportunity may still need to wait for further changes in the industry pattern.

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