Letter deliveries drop, package deliveries climb

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Letter deliveries in Hungary continued to fall as deliveries of packages climbed in the first quarter, state news wire MTI reports, citing data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
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The number of letters delivered by post dropped 10% year-on-year to 136,554,000 in Q1, while the number of package deliveries climbed 19% to 285,000.
Postal deliveries of newspapers and magazines also fell, by almost 5%, to around 11,000,000.
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