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Deutsche Post  Group —  Annual Report
EXPRESS DIVISION
International business continues to perform well
Revenue in the division increased by .  to , million in the reporting year (pre-
vious year: , million). As the majority of our business activities take place outside
the euro zone, we recorded positive currency eects of  million. Excluding these
eects, revenue growth was . . In the fourth quarter of , revenue improved by
. ; excluding currency eects, the increase was just . . is was due mainly to the
fact that the fuel surcharges passed on to our customers were lower in all regions as the
price of crude oil declined compared with the previous year.
In the Time Denite International  product line, daily revenues improved by
.  and per-day shipment volumes by .  in the reporting year. is trend continued
in the fourth quarter: daily revenues increased by .  and shipment volumes by . .
Due to the decrease in fuel surcharges, growth in revenues was substantially lower than
volume growth.
In the Time Denite Domestic  product line, daily revenues increased by .
and per-day shipment volumes by .  in the reporting year. In the fourth quarter, daily
revenues increased by . , whilst shipment volumes saw an even greater rise of . .
: revenue by product .
m per day
12014
adjusted
2015 + / – % Q 4 2014
adjusted
Q 4 2015 + / – %
Time Definite
International 36.0 37.2 3.3 38.7 39.6 2.3
Time Definite
Domestic 3.8 3.9 2.6 4.1 4.3 4.9
1 To improve comparability, product revenues were translated at uniform exchange rates.
These revenues are also the basis for the weighted calculation of working days.
: volumes by product .
Thousands of items
perday
12014
adjusted
2015 + / – % Q 4 2014
adjusted
Q 4 2015 + / – %
Time Definite
International 693 753 8.7 748 821 9.8
Time Definite
Domestic 366 395 7.9 395 435 10.1
1 To improve comparability, product revenues were translated at uniform exchange rates.
These revenues are also the basis for the weighted calculation of working days.
Double-digit volume growth in Europe region
Revenue in the Europe region increased by .  to , million in the reporting year
(previous year: , million). e gure for the year under review included positive
currency eects of  million that relate mainly to our business activities in Switzerland
and the . Excluding these eects, revenue growth was . . In the  product line,
daily revenues increased by . . Shipment volumes improved by .  in the report-
ing year. Growth in the region was also maintained in the fourth quarter of , with
daily international shipment revenues increasing by . , whilst daily shipment vol-
umes grew by . .
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Group Management Report — REPORT ON ECONOMIC POSITION — Business performance in the divisions