List of postal entities
This is a list of postal entities by country. It includes:
- The governmental authority responsible for postal matters.
- The regulatory authority for the postal sector. Postal regulation may include the establishment of postal policies, postal rates, postal services offered, budgeting for and financing postal operations. Where no independent postal regulator has been established, these tasks may be undertaken by the government or the operator(s). They may be carried out by a single entity or spread out amongst multiple government, quasi-government or private entities.[1]
- The designated postal operator of that country (normally the public postal service). Notable postal operators other than the designated operator, if any, may also be listed. Postal operations involve the execution of domestic and international postal services to include the receipt, transportation and delivery of authorized classes of mail, specialized mailing services, the operation of postal facilities and the sale of postage, philatelic materials and mailing supplies.
List
UPU members
The following list uses the structure and terminology of the document Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries. This document, published in 2009 by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), contains data for 162 of the 191 countries and territories that were then UPU members. For these countries, which are marked below, the list's contents are based on that document.
Since this document was published, the UPU has had two changes of membership:
- On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles, which shared a UPU membership with Aruba, was dissolved. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, collectively known as the Caribbean Netherlands, became an integral part of the Netherlands. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This UPU entity, formerly "Netherlands Antilles and Aruba", is now known as "Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten".
- South Sudan joined the UPU on 4 October 2011.
| Country | Governmental authority | Regulatory authority | Designated operator |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | Afghanistan Postal Service |
 | Posta Shqiptare[2] | ||
 | Ministère de la Poste et des TIC[2] | Algérie Poste[2] | |
 | Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies | Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM) | Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA) |
 | Antigua Post Office | ||
 | Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (MinPlan) | Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan | Correo Oficial de la República Argentina S.A. (CORASA) |
 | Ministry of Transport and Communication, State Estate Managing Department | Public Services Regulatory Commission | "Haypost" CJSC |
 | Post Aruba | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} | Department of Communications | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Postal Services Consultative Council | Australia Post |
 | Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | RTR GmbH | Österreichische Post AG |
 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | None | "Azərpoçt" State Enterprise |
 | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | None | Bahamas Postal Service |
 | Ministry of Transport | None | Bahrain Post |
 | Ministry of Post and Telecommunication | Bangladesh Post Office[2] | |
 | Ministry of Home Affairs | None | Barbados Postal Service |
 | Ministry of Communications and Informatization | None | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta" |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Ministry of Enterprise and Simplification | Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications (IBPT) | Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste) |
 | Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, Communications[2] | Belize Postal Service[N 2] | |
 | Ministry of Information Technology and Communication | Transitional Regulatory Authority | "La Poste du Bénin S.A." (Benin Post) |
 | Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) | Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) | Bhutan Postal Corporation Ltd |
 | Ministerio de Servicios, Obras Publicas y Vivenda | None | Empresa de Correos de Bolivia (ECOBOL) |
 | Ministry of Communications and Transport | Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Postal Traffic | BH Pošta Pošte Srpske Hrvatska Pošta Mostar |
 | Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology | None | BotswanaPost |
 | Ministry of Communications | None | Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) |
 | Ministry of Communications | None | Brunei Postal Services Department |
 | State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications | Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) | Bulgarian Posts |
 | Ministry of Posts, Information Technology and Communication | None | Société nationale des postes (SONAPOST) |
 | Myanma Posts and Telecommunications | ||
 | Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications | None | Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority) |
 | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) | None | Directorate of Posts (Cambodian Post) |
 | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | None | Cameroon Postal Services (CAMPOST) |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation | None | Canada Post Corporation (CPC) |
 | Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport | National Communications Agency (ANAC) | Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV) |
 | Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies | None | National Posts and Savings Corporation (ONPE) |
 | Ministry of posts and information and communication technologies | None (the regulatory function is assigned to STPE) | Chad Posts and Savings Company (STPE) |
 | Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Telecommunications | None | Empresa de Correos de Chile |
 | Ministry of Transport | State Post Bureau | China Post Group Hong Kong: Hongkong Post Macao: Correios de Macau |
 | Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications | Regulatory Commission of Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)[3] | Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A. (4-72) |
 | Société Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers[2] | ||
 | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Directorate General of the Central Posts and Telecommunications Administration | Congo Posts and Savings Company (SOPECO) |
 | None | Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) | Correos de Costa Rica SA |
 | Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development | Postal Services Council | HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d |
 | Ministry of Informatics and Communications | None | Empresa de Correos de Cuba |
 | Cpost International | ||
 | Ministry of Communications and Public Works | Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation | Department of Postal Services |
 | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO), Ministry of Finance | Czech Post |
 | Ministry of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications | Autorité de régulation des postes et télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) | Congolese Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (OCPT) |
 | Ministry of Transport | Faerdselsstyrelsen (Postal Supervisory Department) | Post Denmark A/S Other operators: Bring Citymail |
 | Djibouti Post[N 2] | ||
 | Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports[4] | General Post Office (GPO)[4][N 2] | |
 | Ministry of Public Works and Communications | None | Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM) (Dominican Postal Institute) |
 | |||
 | Correos del Ecuador, attached to the office of the Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador | Agencia Nacional Postal (National Postal Agency) | Correos del Ecuador |
 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | National Postal Authority (Egypt Post) |
 | Ministry of Gobernacíon | None | General Postal Directorate |
 | Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (GECOTEL)[N 2] | ||
 | Ministry of Transport and Communication | Eritrean Communications Department | Eritrean Postal Service (EPS) |
 | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) | Estonian National Communications Board | Estonian Post (Eesti Post) |
 | Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications | ||
 | Ministry of Transport and Communications | None | Ethiopian Postal Service |
 | Post Fiji[2] | ||
 | Ministry of Transport and Communications | Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration | Posti Group Corporation Åland: Åland Post |
 | Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment | Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation Authority (ARCEP) | La Poste |
 | Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunications and New Information Technologies | Postal Regulatory Agency | La Poste S.A |
 | Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology | None | Gambia Postal Services Corporation |
 | Georgian Post[2] | ||
 | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post) | Several operators, due to competition. Deutsche Post AG has the largest market share.[5] |
 | Ministry of Communications | Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission | Ghana Post Company Limited |
 | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) | Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have separate operators and regulatory arrangements. | Royal Mail Group Plc. Other operators:British Forces Post Office 55 other licensed operators as of 2011[6] |
| British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies |
British Forces Post Office provides military mail service for UK service members internationally, including to Akrotiri and Dhekelia and other jurisdictions listed above which also have public civilian delivery.[26] | ||
 | Ministry of Transport and Communications | EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) | Hellenic Post S.A. (ELTA S.A.) |
 | Grenada Postal Corporation[2] | ||
 | El Correo (Correo de Guatemala S.A.)[2] | ||
 | Ministry of Communication and New Information Technologies (MCNTI) | Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) | Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Post Office) |
 | Correios da Guiné-Bissau | ||
 | Guyana Post Office Corporation | ||
 | Office des Postes d'Haiti | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} | Honducor | ||
 | Magyar Posta | ||
 | Ministry of the Interior | Post and Telecom Administration | Íslandspóstur |
 | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Department of Posts | India Post |
 | Ministry of Communication and Information Technology | Pos Indonesia | |
 | IRI Post | ||
 | Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company | ||
 | Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport | Commission for Communications Regulation | An Post |
 | Israel Post | ||
 | Ministry of Economic Development | Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale | Poste italiane |
 | Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications | None | La Poste |
 | Postal Corporation of Jamaica | ||
 | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | Postal Services Policy Department (Subdivision of Information and Communications Bureau) | Japan Post Holdings |
 | Jordan Post Company | ||
 | Ministry of Investment and Development | Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Information | Kazpost |
 | Ministry of Information and Communications Technology | Communications Authority of Kenya | Postal Corporation of Kenya |
 | Kiribati Public Service Public | ||
 | Ministry of Communications (Kuwait) | ||
 | Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | State Communication Agency | Kyrgyz Express Post "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE |
 | |||
 | Latvijas Pasts | ||
 | LibanPost | ||
 | Lesotho Post | ||
 | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Liberia) | ||
 | General Posts and Telecommunications Company | ||
 | Liechtensteinische Post | ||
 | Lietuvos paštas | ||
 | Post Luxembourg | ||
 | Makedonska Pošta | ||
 | Paositra Malagasy | ||
 | Malawi Posts Corporation | ||
 | Ministry of Telecommunications and Multimedia Malaysia | Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission | Pos Malaysia |
 | Maldives Post | ||
 | Office national des postes du Mali | ||
 | Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications | Malta Communications Authority | MaltaPost |
 | La Société Mauritanienne des Postes | ||
 | Mauritius Post | ||
 | Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes | Correos de México | |
 | Ministry of Information Development | Posta Moldovei | |
 | La Poste Monaco | ||
 | Mongol Post | ||
 | Pošta Crne Gore | ||
 | Poste Maroc | ||
 | Correios de Moçambique | ||
 | NamPost | ||
 | Nauru General Post Office - Departament of Chief Secretary | ||
 | Nepal Post | ||
 | Ministry of Economic Affairs | OPTA/Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) | PostNL |
| FXDC Post | ||
 | New Zealand Post | ||
 | Correos de Nicaragua | ||
 | Niger Poste | ||
 | Nigerian Postal Service | ||
 | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[29] | Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC)[N 2] | |
 | Posten | ||
 | Oman Post | ||
 | Pakistan Post | ||
 | Correos de Panamá | ||
 | Post PNG | ||
 | Correo Nacional Paraguayo | ||
 | Serpost | ||
 | Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) | ||
 | Ministry of Infrastructure (Poland) | Office of Electronic Communications | Poczta Polska |
 | ANACOM | CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. | |
 | Qatar Post | ||
 | Ministry of Communications and Information Society | National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Authoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în Comunicatii) - ANCOM | Poșta Română |
 | Russian Post | ||
 | National Post Office | ||
 | St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services | ||
 | Saint Lucia Postal Service | ||
 | SVG Postal Corporation | ||
 | Samoa Post | ||
 | Poste sammarinesi | ||
 | Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe | ||
 | Saudi Post | ||
 | La Poste Senegal | ||
 | Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications | Republic agency for Postal Services (RAPUS) | Pošta Srbije |
 | Seychelles Postal Service | ||
 | SALPOST | ||
 | Singapore Post | ||
 | Postal Services St. Maarten | ||
 | Slovenská pošta | ||
 | Pošta Slovenije | ||
 | Solomon Post | ||
 | Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications | Somali Postal Service | |
 | South African Post Office | ||
 | Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | Korea Post | |
 | Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services (South Sudan) | ||
 | Correos | ||
 | Ministry of Posts, Postal Services & Muslim Religious Affairs | Department of Post | Sri Lanka Post |
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 | Surpost | ||
 | Ministry of Enterprise | Swedish Post and Telecom Authority | PostNord Sverige Other operators: Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014[31] |
 | Swiss Post | ||
 | Syrian Post | ||
 | |||
 | Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Tanzania Posts Corporation | ||
 | Ministry of Transport | None | Thailand Post |
 | La Poste du Togo | ||
 | Tonga Post | ||
 | TTPost | ||
 | La Poste Tunisienne | ||
 | PTT (Turkey) | ||
 | Turkmenpochta | ||
 | |||
 | Uganda Communications Commission | Posta Uganda | |
 | Ukrposhta | ||
 | Empost | ||
 | United States Postal Service[N 5] | Postal Regulatory Commission | United States Postal Service |
 | Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones | Correo Uruguayo | |
 | O′zbekiston Pochtasi | ||
 | Vanuatu Post | ||
 | Poste Vaticane | ||
 | IPOSTEL | ||
 | Vietnam Post Corporation | ||
 | Yemen Post | ||
 | ZamPost | ||
 | ZimPost |
- Notes
- now called Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
- Presumably the country's principal or only postal operator; not listed as designated postal operator on the UPU website.
- including the Ross Dependency
- including Niuafo'ou
- The United States Postal Service is a government-owned corporation; its board members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Countries or territories that are not members of the UPU
| Country or territory | Governmental authority | Regulatory authority | Operator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Post and Telecom of Kosovo | ||
 | West Bank (PNA): Palestinian Ministry of Telecom & IT Gaza Strip (Hamas): Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology | West Bank: Palestine Post | |
 | Ministry of Transportation and Communications | None | Chunghwa Post |
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See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Postal organizations. |
- List of national postal services
- List of members of the Universal Postal Union
- List of entities that have issued postage stamps: A–E / F–L / M–Z
- List of philatelic bureaus
- Articles about postal systems by country, postal organisations by country
- United Nations Postal Administration
References
- Data from: "Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries" (PDF). Universal Postal Union. 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011. References to institutions may have been updated to refer to their successors, and other operators may have been added.
- Universal Postal Union. "Member countries". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- 4-72. "Regulatory authorities of the Colombian postal service". Retrieved 23 April 2012.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. "Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- Lists of Post Operators in Germany: http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/cln_1911/DE/Sachgebiete/Post/RegulierungPostmarkt/LizenzenPara5PostG/LizenzenPostdienstleistungen/LizenzenPostdienstleistungen_node.html Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Postcomm. "Licensed operators". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- "Postal Authorities A". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Bermuda Post Office". www.bpo.bm. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "About Us". www.biotpostoffice.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "British Antarctic Territory - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "BVI Post - Government of the Virgin Islands". www.bvi.gov.vg. Government of the British Virgin Islands. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Cayman Islands Postal Service". Government of the Cayman Islands. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "Falklands South Georgia BAT Stamps". Falklands South Georgia BAT Stamps. Falkland Islands Government. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Postal Authorities F". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Postal Authorities M". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau". www.stamps.gov.pn. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Postal Authorities O-P". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Government - Turks and Caicos Information - TCI Mall". www.tcimall.tc. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Post Office – About - Ascension Island". www.ascension-island.gov.ac. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Postal Authorities S". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- Millington, Peter. "Tristan da Cunha Post Office". www.tristandc.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- http://www.sgwiki.gs/mediawiki/index.php/Government_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands#Postal_service Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Indicator list" (PDF). www.gov.uk.
- UPU, Infoteam SA -. "Universal Postal Union – Iceland". www.upu.int. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- "Government of India, Department of Post". Indiapost.gov.in. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- Moon, Sung Hwee (2006). "An In-depth Look at North Korea's Postal Service Rumors are Much Quicker Than the Rodong Shinmun". Daily NK. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- "Mail services could soon resume in Somalia". Universal Postal Union. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. "Licensed operators" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Further reading
- List of member countries of the Universal Postal Union : showing their contribution class, geographical group and legal situation with regard to the Acts of the Union. Bern: International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, 2005 13p.
External links
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