UPU & Postal Industry

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)

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)
  

#OPENUPU: New members of the UPU CC

• 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)
• Eurora Solution OÜ, an AI-based, cross-border compliance platform provider (August 2022)
• P2 Die Zweite Post, from Germany (September 2022)
• GTS Express, a cross-border logistics resources integrator from Estonia (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)

Explained simply by CLS: The Evolution of Postal Tariffs

• 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

• 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)

(Also published as a complete article here)

Various:

• 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)

• 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)