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Strong growth in the Asia Pacific region continues
e express business in the Asia Pacic region performed very well during the entire
nancial year. Revenue increased by .  to , million (previous year: , mil-
lion). In the prior year, this gure still included revenues related to the divested domestic
express businesses in China, New Zealand and Australia in the amount of  million.
Excluding these disposals and positive currency eects of  million, revenue grew
by .  year-on-year.
In the  product line, our customers sent .  more shipments per day than in
the previous year. Especially noticeable were the increases in the  + countries of
China .  and India  . In the fourth quarter, the growth was .  and was
therefore stronger than the trend for the entire year.
Business grows stably in the  region
In the  (Middle East and Africa) region, revenue increased by .  in the
reporting year to  million (previous year, adjusted:  million), despite the fact
that the fourth-quarter growth trend decreased slightly year-on-year to . . e rev-
enue gure includes positive currency eects of  million for the nancial year as a
whole. Excluding these eects, revenue growth was . . Daily shipment volumes rose
by .  in the  product line and grew by as much as .  in the  product line.
 reaches new record
 for the  division rose to , million in the reporting year and thus
reached a new high (previous year, adjusted:  million). e increase was driven by
revenue growth in all regions as well as one-time eects in the second quarter: a portion
of the restructuring provisions in the United States was reassessed and reversed, result-
ing in a positive impact on  of  million. Earnings were also positively impacted
by deconsolidation income of  million from the sale of our domestic businesses in
New Zealand and Australia. e additional  payment in Germany for past nancial
years had a negative eect of  million on  for the division.
 for the fourth quarter of  improved from  million to  million
year-on-year. Return on sales rose to .  for the reporting year (previous year: . )
and .  for the fourth quarter (previous year: . ).
Due to higher income and strict working capital management, operating cash
ow amounted to , million in the year under review (previous year, adjusted:
, million).
Significant events, page 
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