In 2021, 46.6 million postal parcels arrived in Israel, almost 20 parcels on average per household - according to Israel Post data obtained by Israel Today.
The number of packages that arrived in 2021 is similar to 2020, when 46.5 million packages arrived in Israel, and lower than in 2019 - when 61.6 million packages arrived.
However, this year there was a jump of more than 36% per year in the weight of packages that arrived from abroad. In 2021, 20,253 tons of products arrived in Israel from abroad, a jump of 36% compared to 14,860 tons in 2020, and 16,743 tons in 2019.
Changes in consumption habits
The average weight per package jumped by 60% in two years - from 272 grams in 2019 to 435 grams in 2021.
The jump in the weight of packages is mainly affected by two main trends, both on the part of the seller and the buyer: the large shopping sites abroad combine items for one shipment and no longer ship each product from the "shopping basket" in a separate package.
On the part of the Israeli consumer, the fast delivery of the shipments, within a few days from the moment of ordering, supports the purchase of more everyday products such as clothing and gifts, which the buyers are interested in receiving near the time of purchase.
Also in 2021, as in 2020 and 2019, the month when the most packages arrived from abroad with the highest weight and the highest number of items is December, with 4.2 million packages with a total weight of 2,200 tons. In December, the average weight per package was 524 Grams, 20% higher than the average annual weight.
Black Friday effect
More packages arrived in December than in any other month, apparently following the November shopping holidays, such as Chinese Singles Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Large orders start arriving in Israel between one and two weeks after purchase.
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