13 Materials expense

 
€m
  2008 2009
Cost of raw materials, consumables and supplies,
and of goods purchased and held for resale		    
   Fuel 968 736
   Aircraft fuel 781 454
   Packaging material 390 317
   Goods purchased and held for resale
 1,352 1,311
   Office supplies 79 68
   Spare parts and repair materials 92 83
   Other expenses 100 83
  3,762 3,052
Cost of purchased services    
   Transportation costs 19,483 14,791
   Cost of temporary staff 2,321 1,904
   Expenses from non-cancellable leases 1,735 1,820
   Expenses from cancellable leases 469 405
   Other lease expenses (incidental expenses) 185 145
   Maintenance costs 994 957
   IT services 764 667
   Commissions paid 343 341
   Expenses for the use of Postbank branches 484 519
   Other purchased services 1,439 1,173
  28,217 22,722
Materials expense 31,979 25,774

The decline in the materials expense is due to lower sales resulting from the general market situation, to our exit from the domestic US express business and to the drop in the oil price.

Other purchased services include a large number of individual items.

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