1/ TOP-20 foreign online stores most popular in Russia
RBC Market Research has compiled a rating of the overseas online stores most popular with Russians. In 2020 the TOP-20 included 8 American online stores, 6 European sites and 5 Chinese ones.
The TOP-10most popular categories in cross-border are clothing, accessories, cosmeticsand perfumery, children’s products, shoes, tools, headphones, auto parts, smartphones, as well as dietary supplements, vitamins and medicines.
2/ M.A. Research: Russian Post is leading in the market of cross-border delivery to Russia
According to M.A. Research, in 2020 the company accounted for 92.2% of cross-border. 226million international shipments of goods were processed. At the end of 2020, more than 90% of shipments and 89% of proceeds of servicing cross-bordere-commerce in Russia, as well as in 2019, were made up by the Chinese channel. The countries of Western Europe and North America are among the leaders too.
Russian Post representatives think the high share in the segment is ensured by the fullgeographical coverage of the country (42.000 post offices), fast and convenient customs declaring procedures (no recipients’ passport particulars are needed,duties can be paid at any stage of shipping from abroad), as well as attractive delivery costs.
3/ Russian Post international business revenue grew by 21.7%
In Q1 2021 Russian Post (in Russia) saw a 21.7% increase in the import consignment delivery revenue (as comparedto the same period in 2020), it reached 8.4 billion rubles. The proceeds from EMS, parcel and small package delivery increased by 27%, from letters and letterpackets – by 7%. The trend towards consolidated shipping has also picked up: more and more companies are sending parcels in batches. Due to that, theaverage logistics check has grown by 57%, and the average consignment weight – by 45%.
At the beginning of 2021 there still were restrictions for international logistics. Until now, passenger air traffic has not got back to usual, there are interruptionswith land border points, some directions saw a more than tenfold increase in airfreight prices: from 1 to 11 euros per kilogram. Nevertheless, thanks to owncapacities, alternative and multimodal routes and flexible supply chains,Russian Post managed to ensure stable letter and goods delivery and to increasethe international segment revenue despite the restrictions.
