INWARD POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO INDIA

 (in Thousand)

						%age Decrease/increase
Articles	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2012-13 over	2013-14 over	2014-15 over	2015-16 over
						2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
A. Unregistered Airmail Articles
Letter	29554	24996	26847	28253	22021	-15.42	7.41	5.24	-22.06
Post Card	576	2037	2054	2259	2557	253.65	0.83	9.98	13.19
Aerogramme	115	92	71	69	162	-20.00	-22.83	-2.82	134.78
All other Articles	9663	9374	10470	10823	12602	-2.99	11.69	3.37	16.44
Total(A)	39908	36499	39442	41404	37342	-8.54	8.06	4.97	-9.81
B. Unregistered Surfacemail Articles
Letter	5197	881	1029	1053	452	-83.05	16.80	2.33	-57.08
Post Card	341	110	38	39	23	-67.74	-65.45	2.63	-41.03
Aerogramme	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
All other Articles	377	552	2422	1664	479	46.42	338.77	-31.30	-71.21
Total(B)	5915	1543	3489	2756	954	-73.91	126.12	-21.01	-65.38
C. Unregistered SAL - mail Articles
Letter	2077	2176	2991	2674	2845	4.77	37.45	-10.60	6.39
Post Card	258	8	1	1	1	NA	-87.50	0.00	0.00
Aerogramme	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
All other Articles	1958	1019	1628	1260	1848	-47.96	59.76	-22.60	46.67
Total(C)	4293	3203	4620	3935	4694	-25.39	44.24	-14.83	19.29
Total Unregistered Inward Foreign Mail (A+B+C)	50116	41245	47551	48095	42990	-17.70	15.29	1.14	-10.61
D. Registered Airmail Articles
Letter	3668	3513	3500	3648	3965	-4.23	-0.37	4.23	8.69
Post Card	164	164	120	103	115	0.00	-26.83	-14.17	11.65
Aerogramme	454	435	393	309	260	-4.19	-9.66	-21.37	-15.86
All other Articles	730	722	547	530	487	-1.10	-24.24	-3.11	-8.11
Total(D)	5016	4834	4560	4590	4827	-3.63	-5.67	0.66	5.16
E. Registered Surfacemail Articles
Letter	498	714	656	492	436	43.37	-8.12	-25.00	-11.38
Post Card	70	65	40	51	30	-7.14	-38.46	27.50	-41.18
Aerogramme	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
All other Articles	323	316	432	184	146	-2.17	36.71	-57.41	-20.65
Total(E)	891	1095	1128	727	612	22.90	3.01	-35.55	-15.82
Total Registered Inward Foreign Mail (D+E)	5907	5929	5688	5317	5439	0.37	-4.06	-6.52	2.29