Deutsche Post Annual Report 2008 - 13 Materials expense

13 Materials expense


€m
	2007 restated¹⁾	2008
Cost of raw materials, consumables and supplies, and of goods purchased and held for resale
Fuel	928	968
Aircraft fuel	601	781
Packaging material	397	390
Goods purchased and held for resale	1,292	1,352
Office supplies	96	79
Spare parts and repair materials	90	92
Other expenses	112	100
	3,516	3,762
Cost of purchased services
Transportation costs	18,450	19,483
Cost of temporary staff	2,469	2,321
Expenses from non-cancellable leases	1,685	1,735
Expenses from cancellable leases	471	469
Other lease expenses (incidental expenses)	166	185
Maintenance costs	1,023	994
IT services	772	764
Commissions paid	313	343
Expenses for the use of Postbank branches	511	484
Other purchased services	1,327	1,439
	27,187	28,217
Materials expense	30,703	31,979

Materials expense includes expenses of €305 million relating to restructuring and reorganisation measures within the Group.

The rise in the materials expense mainly resulted from higher transportation expenses in the Global Forwarding Business Unit. The expenses for the use of Postbank branches related to commission payments to Deutsche Postbank Filialvertrieb AG, mostly in connection with sales services provided for the mail business. Other purchased services include a large number of individual items.