The European Express Association EEA

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The European Express Association (EEA)

• The express industrys voice in Europe

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• The EEA was created on 1 January 2000 and
  comprises DHL, FedEx, TNT, UPS and national
  express associations.
• Represents the interests of the express industry
  in Europe in areas such as customs, postal,
  security and transport environment.
• The objectives of the Transport Environment
  Committee
• Ensure that the express industry is able to
  continue to fly at night,
• with its current fleet until the end of a
  reasonable economic life,
• under a legal and regulatory framework agreed,
  where possible, at the global level rather than
  the EU, national or local level.

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Global Trade Flows
Source The economic impact of express carriers
in Europe, Oxford Economic Forecasting, October
2004
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2004 Global Air Freight Market Split by Segment¹

• Air cargo moves 3 of all cargo but almost 40 of
  world trade in goods by value
• Express industry makes 15 of the total volume of
  air freight market (in FTKs) but is of equal
  value to the freight segment

Total Air Freight Market 78.3 Billion USD
Total Air Freight Market 139.8 Billion FTKs
15.3
50.2
49.8
84.7
1) Mail excluded
Source Bain Analysis, 2003 ACMG, 2004 Boeing,
02/03 IATA, 2004
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Express is vital for business and economic
development

• reduces the biggest trade barrier distance
• connects small, medium and large business to the
  world markets
• enables companies to locate outside city areas
• helps to reduce purchasing and inventory costs
• facilitates foreign direct investment

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Supporting EU competitiveness
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Example of a shipment cycle

PICK-UP
CUSTOMER
Local Station(Origin)
Country Gateway (outbound)
17 H 30
21H 30
19 H 30
EXPORT CLEARANCE
HUB
23 H 30
03 H 30

Country Gateway (inbound)
Local Station(Destination)
CONSIGNEE
DELIVERY
9 H 30
08 H 30
05 H 30
IMPORT CLEARANCE
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Delivering Growth Jobs

• Support 250,000 direct jobs in the EU (of which
  12,000 are in the new EU Member States)
• Adding indirect and induced employment, the
  express industry currently supports 530,000 jobs
  in total in the EU.
• Express industry to grow by an average of 9 a
  year in real terms between 2003 and 2013.
• Direct contribution of the express industry to EU
  GDP is set to more than double by 2013 to about
  EUR 25 billion in todays prices.
• Fast growth expected to lead to a direct
  employment of 500,000 by 2013.
• These figures do not even include the so-called
  catalytic impact of the express industry.