List of postal entities

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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.

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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
 Afghanistan[2009] Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies None Afghanistan Postal Service
 Albania Posta Shqiptare[2]
 Algeria [2] Algérie Poste[2]
 Angola[2009] () Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA)
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Argentina[2009] Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services () Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan Correo Oficial de la República Argentina S.A. ()
 Armenia[2009] Ministry of Transport and Communication, "Haypost" CJSC
 Aruba[N 1] Post Aruba
 Australia[2009] Department of Communications Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australia Post
 Austria[2009] Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Österreichische Post AG
 Azerbaijan[2009] Ministry of Communications and Information Technology None "Azərpoçt" State Enterprise
 Bahamas[2009] Ministry of Public Works and Transport None
 Bahrain[2009] None Bahrain Post
 Bangladesh Bangladesh Post Office[2]
 Barbados[2009] None Barbados Postal Service
 Belarus[2009] None Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta"
 Belgium[2009] (IBPT) Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste)
 Belize [2] [N 2]
 Benin[2009] Transitional Regulatory Authority "La Poste du Bénin S.A." ()
 Bhutan[2009] Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) (BICMA) Bhutan Postal Corporation Ltd
 Bolivia[2009] None Empresa de Correos de Bolivia (ECOBOL)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina[2009] Ministry of Communications and Transport BH Pošta
Pošte Srpske
Hrvatska Pošta Mostar
 Botswana[2009] None BotswanaPost
 Brazil[2009] Ministry of Communications None Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT)
 Brunei[2009] Ministry of Communications None Brunei Postal Services Department
 Bulgaria[2009] (CRC) Bulgarian Posts
 Burkina Faso[2009] None Société nationale des postes (SONAPOST)
 Burma Myanma Posts and Telecommunications
 Burundi[2009] None Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority)
 Cambodia[2009] Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) None Directorate of Posts ()
 Cameroon[2009] Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications None Cameroon Postal Services (CAMPOST)
 Canada[2009] Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation None Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
 Cape Verde[2009] Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (ANAC) Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV)
 Central African Republic[2009] None (ONPE)
 Chad[2009] None (the regulatory function is assigned to STPE) Chad Posts and Savings Company (STPE)
 Chile[2009] Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Telecommunications None Empresa de Correos de Chile
 China[2009] Ministry of Transport State Post Bureau China Post Group
Hong Kong: Hongkong Post
Macao: Correios de Macau
 Colombia[2009] Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)[3] Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A. (4–72)
 Comoros [2]
 Republic of the Congo[2009] Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Directorate General of the Central Posts and Telecommunications Administration Congo Posts and Savings Company (SOPECO)
 Costa Rica[2009] None Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) Correos de Costa Rica SA
 Croatia[2009] HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d
 Cuba[2009] None
 Curaçao[N 1]
 Cyprus[2009] Department of Postal Services
 Czech Republic[2009] Ministry of Industry and Trade (CTO), Ministry of Finance Czech Post
 Democratic Republic of the Congo[2009] (ARPTC) (OCPT)
 Denmark[2009] Ministry of Transport (Postal Supervisory Department) Post Denmark A/S
Other operators:
Bring Citymail
 Djibouti [N 2]
 Dominica [4] (GPO)[4][N 2]
 Dominican Republic[2009] None Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM) (Dominican Postal Institute)
 East Timor
 Ecuador[2009] Correos del Ecuador, attached to the office of the Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador (National Postal Agency) Correos del Ecuador
 Egypt[2009] Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies None National Postal Authority (Egypt Post)
 El Salvador[2009] None
 Equatorial Guinea Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones ()[N 2]
 Eritrea[2009] Eritrean Postal Service (EPS)
 Estonia[2009] Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) Estonian Post (Eesti Post)
 Eswatini Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications
 Ethiopia[2009] Ministry of Transport and Communications None Ethiopian Postal Service
 Fiji Post Fiji[2]
 Finland[2009] Ministry of Transport and Communications (FICORA)
Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration		 Posti Group Corporation
Åland: Åland Post
 France[2009] Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) Electronic Communications, Postal and Print Media Distribution Regulation Authority (ARCEP) La Poste
 Gabon[2009] La Poste S.A
 Gambia[2009] None Gambia Postal Services Corporation
 Georgia Georgian Post[2]
 Germany[2009] Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post) Several operators. Deutsche Post AG has the largest market share.[5]
 Ghana[2009] Ministry of Communications Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission Ghana Post Company Limited
 Greece[2009] Ministry of Transport and Communications EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) Hellenic Post S.A. (ELTA S.A.)
 Grenada [2]
 Guatemala El Correo (Correo de Guatemala S.A.)[2]
 Guinea[2009] (MCNTI) (ARPT) Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Post Office)
 Guinea-Bissau Correios da Guiné-Bissau
 Guyana
 Haiti
 Honduras Honducor
 Hungary Magyar Posta
 Iceland[6] Ministry of the Interior Post and Telecom Administration Íslandspóstur
 India[7] Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Department of Posts India Post
 Indonesia Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Pos Indonesia
 Iran IRI Post
 Iraq Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company
 Ireland Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Commission for Communications Regulation An Post
 Israel Israel Post
 Italy Ministry of Economic Development Poste italiane
 Ivory Coast[2009] None La Poste
 Jamaica Postal Corporation of Jamaica
 Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Postal Services Policy Department (Subdivision of Information and Communications Bureau) Japan Post Holdings
 Jordan Jordan Post Company
 Kazakhstan Kazpost
 Kenya Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Communications Authority of Kenya Postal Corporation of Kenya
 Kiribati
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Express Post
 Laos
 Latvia Latvijas Pasts
 Lebanon LibanPost
 Lesotho
 Liberia (Liberia)
 Libya General Posts and Telecommunications Company
 Liechtenstein Liechtensteinische Post
 Lithuania Lietuvos paštas
 Luxembourg Post Luxembourg
 Madagascar Paositra Malagasy
 Malawi Malawi Posts Corporation
 Malaysia Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Pos Malaysia
 Maldives Maldives Post
 Mali Office national des postes du Mali
 Malta MaltaPost
 Mauritania La Société Mauritanienne des Postes
 Mauritius Mauritius Post
 Mexico Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Correos de México
 Moldova[2009] Ministry of Information Development Posta Moldovei
 Monaco La Poste Monaco
 Mongolia Mongol Post
 Montenegro Pošta Crne Gore
 Morocco Poste Maroc
 Mozambique Correios de Moçambique
 Namibia NamPost
 Nauru Nauru General Post Office - Departament of Chief Secretary
   Nepal Nepal Post
 Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs OPTA/Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) PostNL
 Caribbean Netherlands[N 1]
 New Zealand[N 3] NZ Post
 Nicaragua Correos de Nicaragua
 Niger Niger Poste
 Nigeria Nigerian Postal Service
 North Korea Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[8] (KPTC)[N 2]
 North Macedonia North Macedonia Post
 Norway Posten
 Oman Oman Post
 Pakistan Pakistan Post
 Panama
 Papua New Guinea Post PNG
 Paraguay Correo Nacional Paraguayo
 Peru Serpost
 Philippines[2009] Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
 Poland Ministry of Infrastructure (Poland)

Departament Poczty (DPO)

Office of Electronic Communications Poczta Polska
 Portugal[2009] ANACOM CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A.
 Qatar Qatar Post
 Romania[2009] Ministry of Communications and Information Society National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Authoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în Comunicatii) - ANCOM Poșta Română
 Russia Russian Post
 Rwanda National Post Office
 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Samoa
 San Marino Poste sammarinesi
 Sao Tome and Principe Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Post
 Senegal La Poste Senegal
 Serbia Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications Republic agency for Postal Services (RAPUS) Pošta Srbije
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone SALPOST
 Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information Infocomm Media Development Authority Singapore Post
 Sint Maarten[N 1]
 Slovakia Slovenská pošta
 Slovenia Pošta Slovenije
 Solomon Islands
 Somalia[9] Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Somali Postal Service
 South Africa South African Post Office
 South Korea Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Korea Post
 South Sudan
 Spain Correos
 Sri Lanka Department of Post Sri Lanka Post
 Sudan
 Suriname Surpost
 Sweden Ministry of Enterprise Swedish Post and Telecom Authority PostNord Sverige
Other operators:
Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014[10]
  Switzerland Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications (DETEC) Swiss Post
 Syria
 Tajikistan
 Tanzania Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Tanzania Posts Corporation
 Thailand Ministry of Transport None Thailand Post
 Togo La Poste du Togo
 Tonga[N 4]
 Trinidad and Tobago TTPost
 Tunisia La Poste Tunisienne
 Turkey PTT (Turkey)
 Turkmenistan Turkmenpochta
 Tuvalu
 Uganda Uganda Communications Commission Posta Uganda
 Ukraine Ukrposhta
 United Arab Emirates Empost
 United Kingdom[2009] Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Ofcom
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[11]
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

Cyprus Postal Services handles civilian mail for Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

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.[31]

 United States United States Postal Service[N 5] Postal Regulatory Commission United States Postal Service
 Uruguay Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones Correo Uruguayo
 Uzbekistan
 Vanuatu Vanuatu Post
  Vatican City Poste Vaticane
 Venezuela IPOSTEL
 Vietnam VNTP
 Yemen Yemen Post
 Zambia ZamPost
 Zimbabwe ZimPost
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d now called Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
  2. ^ a b c d e Presumably the country's principal or only postal operator; not listed as designated postal operator on the UPU website.
  3. ^ including the Ross Dependency
  4. ^ including Niuafo'ou
  5. ^ 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)
 Kosovo Post and Telecom of Kosovo
 Donetsk People's Republic

 Luhansk People's Republic

State enterprise Donbass Post
 Palestinian territories West Bank (PNA): Palestinian Ministry of Telecom & IT
Gaza Strip (Hamas): Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology		 West Bank: Palestine Post
 Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and Communications None Chunghwa Post

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Data from: "Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries" (PDF). Universal Postal Union. 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011.[permanent dead link] References to institutions may have been updated to refer to their successors, and other operators may have been added.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Universal Postal Union. "Member countries". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ 4-72. "Regulatory authorities of the Colombian postal service". Retrieved 23 April 2012.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. "Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Bundesnetzagentur - Erteilte Lizenzen". www.bundesnetzagentur.de. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ UPU, Infoteam SA -. "Universal Postal Union – Iceland". www.upu.int. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Government of India, Department of Post". Indiapost.gov.in. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. "Licensed operators" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  11. ^ Postal Services Commission. "Licensed operators". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Postal Authorities A". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Bermuda Post Office". www.bpo.bm. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "About Us". www.biotpostoffice.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  16. ^ "British Antarctic Territory - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "BVI Post - Government of the Virgin Islands". www.bvi.gov.vg. Government of the British Virgin Islands. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Cayman Islands Postal Service". Government of the Cayman Islands. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Falklands South Georgia BAT Stamps". Falklands South Georgia BAT Stamps. Falkland Islands Government. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Postal Authorities F". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Postal Authorities M". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  23. ^ "Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau". www.stamps.gov.pn. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Postal Authorities O-P". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  25. ^ "Government - Turks and Caicos Information - TCI Mall". www.tcimall.tc. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  26. ^ "Post Office – About - Ascension Island". www.ascension-island.gov.ac. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  27. ^ "Postal Authorities S". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  28. ^ Millington, Peter. "Tristan da Cunha Post Office". www.tristandc.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  29. ^ 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
  30. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ^ "Indicator list" (PDF). www.gov.uk.

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.

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