Swiss Post carried 194 million parcels last year
Over the course of 2022, Swiss Post staff delivered 194 million parcels to all parts of Switzerland or sorted them for international shipping. That represents a decline of 4 percent year-on-year. One of the reasons for this was subdued consumer confidence. Meanwhile, the long-term downward trend in letter mail continued in 2022, with mail carriers delivering 1,745 million addressed letters last year. That is also 4 percent less than in the previous year.
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People in Switzerland are sending fewer and fewer letters
In 2022, Swiss Post processed fewer parcels than in 2021. A total of 194 million parcels were sorted or delivered by Swiss Post staff to all regions of Switzerland last year – from Geneva to Scuol, from Basel to Chiasso. That is 4 percent less than in the previous year, which meant that the company was unable to break the all-time record set in 2021. Parcel logistics was hit by many uncertainties in 2022. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, for example, consumer confidence has been subdued as people have been doing less shopping online. In 2022, global supply bottlenecks in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic also meant that many retailers suffered delays in ordering their goods, or were unable to place orders at all, and parcel volumes declined accordingly. At the same time, 2022 was the first year since 2019 with no pandemic lockdowns in Switzerland: people were again able to shop in-store throughout the year and had their goods delivered by Swiss Post less frequently. For this reason, it is useful to compare the figures with the year before the pandemic: compared to 2019, Swiss Post carried 30 percent more parcels last year. This comparison with 2019 shows that the long-term trend in parcels is upwards, albeit much less pronounced than in the two years of coronavirus.
