Table A6-3
Packages and Expedited Received - Sender/Content by Carrier
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
YEAR _NAME_ COL6
2007 BOOK1 13.0266
2007 RECORD1 5.444412
2007 FRIEND1 10.40679
2007 CATALOG1 8.61242
Content 1 Percent of Total Percent Sent Via Postal Service Percent Sent Via UPS 2007 STORE1 1.960073
2007 MAILORDER1 46.36611
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 2007 BOOK2 92.62885
Book 15.9 13.0 11.7 89.6 92.6 84.1 10.0 5.9 13.0 2007 RECORD2 80.2097
Record, tape or CD 6.7 5.4 5.3 87.3 80.2 88.1 8.0 8.6 5.0 2007 FRIEND2 80.0095
Item from a friend or relative 16.7  10.4 12.6 69.0 80.0 85.4 23.2 10.7 7.9 2007 CATALOG2 64.73431
Order from catalog 19.1 8.6 7.0 47.1 64.7 63.9 56.9 28.0 26.6 2007 STORE2 70.738
Order from store 5.1 2.0 2.0 43.5 70.7 69.9 55.0 15.4 21.4 2007 MAILORDER2 70.99447
Other mail order 11.5 46.4 47.8 67.5 71.0 69.5 30.4 21.0 20.2 2007 BOOK3 5.921865
1 Packages can contain more than one type of content. 2007 RECORD3 8.554017
2007 FRIEND3 10.67187
2007 CATALOG3 27.97609
2007 STORE3 15.41986
2007 MAILORDER3 20.9558
2008 BOOK1 11.70257
2008 RECORD1 5.314933
2008 FRIEND1 12.57051
2008 CATALOG1 6.956641
2008 STORE1 1.965932
2008 MAILORDER1 47.83064
2008 BOOK2 84.13779
2008 RECORD2 88.09484
2008 FRIEND2 85.4243
2008 CATALOG2 63.86554
2008 STORE2 69.87701
2008 MAILORDER2 69.47177
2008 BOOK3 13.00266
2008 RECORD3 5.026344
2008 FRIEND3 7.892962
2008 CATALOG3 26.61766
2008 STORE3 21.38958
2008 MAILORDER3 20.20226