TNT Romania expecting 25% growth in 2008

“Our achievements in the first post-accession year achievements have contributed to the consolidation of our lead position on the international express courrier market in Romania. The evolution of our turnover was mainly due to the finalizing of several important projects, such as the range of services offered,” according to a declaration for Business Standard by TNT Sales&Marketing Manager, Bogdan Zafiu.

According to Zafiu, deliveries, mostly in the European Union, increased 30 percent in the past few years. “We expect that the evolution in 2008 will be similar due to the new post-accession economic climate and a rise in the number of Romanian companies interested in rapid access to new markets,” said Zafiu.
Bogdan Zafiu said that TNT has invested up to 15 percent from turnover in new projects, such as an operational infrastructure. “This year we will build a new headquarters in Otopeni, and a hub in Timisoara,” added Zafiu.

Of the total deliveries, 80 percent are to and from the European Union. The local market was estimated by experts to be worth €200 million in 2007, 40 percent higher year-on-year.

TNT Express has 54,000 employees worlwide and delivers 4.1 million packages to over 220 countries every week.

TNT Romania is part of the Dutch company TNT N.V., world leader in courrier, transport and logistics. The company came to Romania eight years ago, when it acquired Romcargo. Its main competitors in Romania are DHL, UPS and FedEx. Bogdan Zafiu claims that TNT has the lead position with 49 percent of the market.