UPU & Postal Industry

#OPENUPU: New UPU CC members

• German postal operator mail alliance (July 2022)
• Ship2MyID ships to any mobile, email or digital ID (August 2022)
• Zonos, a cross-border software service provider (August 2022)
• MailAmericas, cross-border logistics in emerging markets (August 2022)
• P2 Die Zweite Post, from Germany (September 2022)
• Geomain Inc., a Universal Digital ID (UDID) service provider (September 2022)
• DPDGroup, France, the GeoPost parcel delivery network (October 2022)
• Stampsdaq, Estonia, a postal NFT company (October 2022)
• 8 Degrees East, consultancy, Switzerland (October 2022)
• ShopRunBack, a French Return-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider (October 2022)
• Pitney Bowes Inc. (October 2022)
• First African UPU/CC member: ADS Group (October 2022)
• ACSL Ltd, industrial drones & autonomous technology, Japan (November 2022)
• Amazon.com, Inc. joins UPU CC as its latest member (January 2023)
• Toshiba (Japan) joins UPU CC (April 2023)
• China Express Association (CEA) joins UPU CC as a new member (April 2023)
• Escher Group, new UPU/CC member (June 2023)
• Nova Poshta Global (Ukraine) (July 2023)
• MyDutyCollect (Ireland) (October 2023)
• Mongolia Infinity Post (Mongolia) (November 2023)
• Beyon Connect Bahrain (Bahrain) (November 2023)
• Chinese company Cainiao joins the UPU CC (February 2024)
  
• SF Express joins UPU CC (February 2024)
  
• FEPE is now a member of the UPU CC (March 2024)
• e-BOKS is a new member of the UPU CC (April 2024)
• Zenith Carex (Nigeria) joins the UPU CC (April 2024)
• JV ROSAN (Ukraine) joins the UPU CC (July 2024)
• Omnikorp Ltd (Omnic) is now a member of the UPU CC (July 2024)
• Aftership joins the UPU CC (July 2024)

2025

• Will we see a UPU renaissance in 2025? (January 2025)
• 2025: Will the US leave the UPU? (January 2025)
• Walter Trezek re-elected Chair of the Consultative Committee of the Universal Postal Union (UPU CC) (January 2025)

2024

• The Postal Prosperity Zone (PPZ): Part 1: A new era for postal cross-border ecommerce and logistics (November 2024)
• The Postal Prosperity Zone (PPZ): Part 2: What is the PPZ and what are its goals? (November 2024)
• The Postal Prosperity Zone (PPZ): Part 3: Seamless postal IT integration with commercial players is the core of the PPZ (November 2024)
• The UPU as an international standardization authority for the wider postal sector? (November 2024)
• New UPU CC Thematic Chapter "Unattended Delivery" (November 2024)
• Postal Prosperity Zone (PPZ) project starts in Romania (October 2024)
• Walter Trezek speaks at Cainaio's GLOBAL SMART LOGISTICS SUMMIT in China (October 2024)
• A Rowland Hill Moment 2.0 for the UPU?(September 2024)

2023

• The 5th China (Hangzhou) International Express Industry Conference (December 2023)
  
• Why the UPU and postal sector will integrate more closely with the cargo/freight sector, Part 1 & 2 (November 2023)
  
• Asia Pacific Postal Union (APPU) #postalbusiness forum 2023, Part 1& 2 (November 2023)
  
• UPU Berne meetings: Key decisions and outcomes: POC(November 2023)
  
• UPU Extraordinary Congress in Riyadh: response to a changing market, compliance and regulator environment, Part 1,2, 3, 4, 5 (September 2023)
  
• Delivery in digital retail (ecommerce): linking hardware & software (July 2023)
  
• Evolution of the postal universal service: how does it affect the UPU? Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (July 2023)
  
• Digitizing the delivery of goods: no advance data, no delivery (July 2023)
  
• EU ICS2 Release 2 - potential disruption in October 2023 & its impact on the postal sector (July 2023)
  
• Key European postal legislation changes focus: from sending letters to receiving commercial items (July 2023)
  
• WCO/UPU conference in Tokyo: a review of the essentials!(July 2023)
• Digital retail relies on trust in the digital sphere (May 2023)
  
• The next digital disruption: 6-digit HS codes mandatory for cross-boarder postal exchange from 1.9.2025 (May 2023)
  
• Postal Universal Service Provision – more relevant than ever (April 2023)
  
• Interoperability of Postal Operators and Customs authorities: 9 Designated Postal Operators (DO) and 8 Customs Authorities met to ensure Electronic Advanced Data (EAD) sharing between customs authorities and postal operators (April 2023)
  
• Changing times in the postal sector: Part 1: Legal & regulatory framework for digitalization, with stakeholders developing technical and message-related standards (March 2023)
  
• One world, One postal network: Amazon (March 2023)
  
• New digital services such as AI and ML available to the postal sector (February 2023)
• Postal Industry 2.0: Why UPU mail volumes continue to decline: Part 1,2,3,4(February 2023)
  
• UPU Consultative Committee: wider postal sector input in 2023 (January 2023)

2022

Explained simply by CLS: The Evolution of Postal Tariffs (Full article here)

• Part 1 – 1971 & terminal dues (April 2022)
• Part 2 – Adjusted model for terminal dues (April 2022)
• Part 3 – Adapted UPU rate system (April 2022)
• Part 4 – New customs & VAT models (May 2022)

Explained simply by CLS: Postal customs clearance in the EU (Full article here)

• Part 1 (May 2022)
• Part 2 – Fully digital, simplified customs clearance for postal items below EUR 150 (May 2022)
• Part 3 – DDU postal customs clearance after 1 July 2021 (May 2022)
• Part 4 – DDP – Delivery Duty Paid; postal customs clearance & IOSS (June 2022)

• EU Postal Market: 25 years and 3 Directives later - time for a comprehensive overhaul(November 2022)
  
• Wider postal sector player engagement directly benefits UPU (September 2022)
  
• Customs clearance and the DAP opportunity in the EU (August 2022)
  
• Session 1 of the new Abidjan cycle: paving the way into a future proof, sustainable postal sector (June 2022)
  
• UPU Consultative Committee: ready to represent the wider postal sector (June 2022)
  
• The world is changing, so is the UPU CC (May 2022)
  
• 100 days to opening (March 2022)
  
• Quality of service in the postal sector (March 2022)
  
• A multilateral data sharing framework for the postal sector (March 2022)
• Ecommerce Europe's Walter Trezek re-elected Chairman of the UPU Consultative Committee (January 2022)
• Wider stakeholder engagement to support the mission of the UPU (January 2022)

Videos

• The UPU is open to the wider postal stakeholders! (July 2022)
  
• Impact of opening up the UPU to the wider postal stakeholders (February 2022)

2021

• Who should be a member of the new UPU Consultative Committee, and why (December 2021)
  
• UPU's Council of Administration started its work with a plenary last week (November 2021)
  
• UPU is kick-starting its work for the Abidjan cycle with a plenary this week (November 2021)
  
• UPU – start of the ABIDJAN cycle 2021 - 2025 (November 2021)
  
• UPU: Challenges and opportunities for postal operators to once again increase volumes – EU Postal Market, new fees, the EU VAT Ecommerce package (November 2021)
  
• UPU: Opening to wider postal stakeholders / Ensuring customers' changing needs are satisfied (November 2021)
  
• UPU: Opening to wider postal stakeholders / Promoting effective technical cooperation (November 2021)
  
• Why cross-border postal item volumes (UPU) into the EU are declining (November 2021)
  
• UPU: Opening to wider postal stakeholders / Ensuring cooperation and interaction among stakeholders (October 2021)
  
• UPU: Opening to wider postal stakeholders / Common standards and use of technology (October 2021)
  
• UPU: Opening to wider postal stakeholders / who will benefit (September 2021)
  
• UPU Opening (September 2021)
  
• Congress has failed to respond to customer needs, market demand and security concerns (September 2021)
  
• UPU: IPP for 2022 - 2025 (Part 1) (August 2021)
• UPU: IPP for 2022 - 2025 (Part 2) (August 2021)
  
• UPU: Strategy (August 2021)
  
• 27th UPU Congress struggles to find a solution to involve those who cannot participate in person (August 2021)
  
• The 27th UPU Congress in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 9 to 27 August 2021 aims to approve the “Abidjan Postal Strategy”, an ambitous roadmap for the 2021 - 2025 period  (August 2021)
  
• EU VAT Ecommerce Package: Making the UPU network the most expensive option? (July 2021)
  
• Update & clarification: EU VAT Ecommerce  Package: Making the UPU network the most expensive option? (July 2021)

Charts

• UPU: The postal EU internal market (customs fees & fees for undeliverable consignments) (November 2021)
  
• UPU: The new EU postal customs fee structure at a glance (October 2021)
  
• UPU: The new EU internal market for postal low value consignments (LVC) (October 2021)