Dedicated International Couriers Can Make Sending A Parcel To Malta Plain Sailing

There are many options available for anyone who needs to keep close family ties or friendships alive by sending parcels to Malta. Although it is one of the worlds smallest countries, at 121 square miles, it is the seventh most densely populated, with 413,000 inhabitants according to 2010 estimates.

Malta was under British control from 1814 until 1964, and as a result has the feel of a British outpost in the Mediterranean. It is an important tourist destination in the region, but the most significant contributors to its economy are the electronics and pharmaceuticals sectors. However, scarce resources, including water and electricity, mean that the country faces difficult challenges in seeking to recover from the effects of the 2009-10 world economic downturn. Fortunately for the country, it has been able to mitigate the worst effects of this thanks to the careful lending policies of its banks.

Historically, Malta has been an important shipbuilding country, but as ships were built to travel longer journeys, the need for many to stop off on their way between Africa and Europe was greatly reduced.
Mineral fuel and oil, electrical machinery, transport equipment, plastics and part-manufactured goods and food and drink are among the items imported to the island in the largest quantities, while, thanks to its historic ties with the UK, more than 13 per cent of Maltas imports are sourced from here.

Malta became a member of the European Union in 2004, and adopted the euro as its currency four years later. In recent years it has privatised a number of formerly state-owned companies. Tourism is a major plank of the economy, accounting for more than a third of Maltas total income, and boosted by the island regularly being used as a film set by Hollywood producers. Malta has a sizeable community of British expatriates, who are not put off by the islands population density, and have chosen to settle there because of the warm, Mediterranean climate and historic architecture, as well as the strong signs of British influence which makes itself shown in such ways as the islands road signs, and the fact that traffic drives on the left.

The only international airport serving the region occupies a former RAF base, just over three miles south-west of the islands capital, Valletta, while the city itself has been a harbour since Roman times, although most of the freight traffic in the region arrives and departs from Marsaxlokk harbour. Its importance is illustrated by the fact that it is Europes 11th busiest container port, and one of the 50 most used in the world. Sending a parcel to Malta, whether to a business contact, or a friend or member of the family living there, is easy. Air and sea routes ensure fast transit, and strong competition between international couriers helps ensure that prices represent good value.