What's the difference between postal parcels and express parcels?

1. It takes 7-20 days for a regular parcel to arrive.

It takes 4-7 days to express the parcel by ordinary mail.

3. Global express mail, namely EMS business. It takes 3-4 days to get to China. Abroad, 7- 10 days.

In terms of service and charge, the first one is the cheapest. The second one is a little more expensive. The third kind is the most expensive.

5. In most areas, the first two types are not responsible for delivery to the recipient, and in a few areas, express delivery is also responsible for delivery. EMS is delivered by hand and delivered to the recipient in person.

Extended data

Postal parcel Postal parcel is a kind of mail that is properly packaged and suitable for mailing. Post offices are widely distributed and have their own postal routes. The comprehensive use of railway, highway, waterway, aviation and other means of transportation to deliver mail can meet the public's demand for delivering items, especially small and sporadic items.

Countries operate postal and parcel services, or adopt the principle of competition with transportation departments, or adopt the principle of appropriate division of labor and mutual cooperation. The principle adopted by our country is: under the premise of not affecting the completion of the main tasks of communication, taking advantage of the characteristics of many postal points, long lines and wide areas, mainly delivering sporadic parcels of individuals, institutions, enterprises and groups, and receiving and sending some commercial parcels appropriately.

reference data

Parcel _ Baidu Encyclopedia