The dependence of postal parcel delivery on cartons is irreplaceable, and the available countermeasures are limited, and there is not much room for choice. It can only bear the cost increase caused by the unstable price of cartons in the big environment. Some cross-border e-commerce companies are still under control. However, for a large e-commerce platform, the cost of packaging cartons used to account for about 10% of the total logistics cost, but now this proportion has increased by 15%. The impact of rising base paper prices is gradually spreading to logistics enterprises. The packaging cartons of ZTO Express are generally raised around 0.5 yuan.

At present, e-commerce enterprises and logistics have limited tools to replace cartons, and the breakthrough of express delivery business and the rising price of cartons will bring tens of billions of market changes. Plus code "green logistics" In the face of rising base paper prices, e-commerce and logistics companies are trying their best to break through. Long-term and stable cooperation with carton suppliers is necessary. Increasing the inventory of cartons and prolonging the order cycle can also alleviate the urgent need and reduce unnecessary waste.