Postal Services (Global Industry Overview)

This paper provides an overview of the global postal services industry. The paper gives a snapshot summary, with additional sections on the industry's development, organisation and structure, current conditions and its leading companies and countries.

Global Industry Overview: Postal Services

The world's postal and package delivery services are performed primarily by government agencies, although similar services are increasingly performed by private sector corporations, sometimes categorized as courier services. See also Trucking and Courier Services.

Industry Snapshot

The global postal services industry is one of the largest international networks in the world. According to the Universal Postal Union (UPU), by 2009 some 96 percent of the world had postal service. Organizations with postal services operations – typically governmental bodies, but increasingly, non-public entities – handle billions of mailing items, including letters, packages, bills, and...

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