INT’L RATE HIKE IN 2022: USPS Files Inbound EMS 2 Increase
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service filed rate hikes changed for International Inbound EMS 2 on August 10. It seeks PRC approval by the end of the month so the [...]
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UPU Launches New Address Verification API for International Mail
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has launched a new Address Verification Application Programme Interface (API) developed specifically for the postal industry and its [...]
Record Drop In Global Postal Volumes Because Of COVID
A new report by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the UN specialized agency for postal matters, titled, “The COVID-19 crisis and the postal sector” shows postal volumes [...]
What Will International Mail Rates Be In 2020?
Now that the United States and other UPU members have the ability to self-declare inbound rates for e-packets, some mailers are speculating on what those rates will be [...]
UPU Director General Is “Very Optimistic” Solution Will Be Found
GENEVA, Switzerland — September 24, 2019 — The UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein said today he is “very optimistic” a solution will be found to [...]
UPU REJECTS USA DEMAND FOR SELF DECLARED RATES
Peter Navarro Praises UPU Director Hussein In Remarks Before UPU Extraordinary Congress GENEVA, Switzerland — September 24, 2019 — United States representative [...]
COUNTDOWN: International Mailers Wait As UPU Vote Nears
If The UPU Does Not Change Terminal Dues, The U.S. Will Withdraw Leaving Mailers Without Access to the Existing Global Postal System GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary [...]
USPS Warns Shippers: No Discounts If We Leave UPU
International mail discounted rates will no longer be available if the US leaves the Universal Postal Union, the USPS is informing mailers … (click to read [...]
PRC Approves Inbound Postal Rates Ahead of UPU Meeting
But PRC Keeps Rates Secret Pending UPU Meeting From the USPS: The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved a range of postal rates for smaller packages originating from [...]
USPS Files International Rate Notice With PRC
The USPS laid out its plans for setting rates for Inbound E-Format Letter Post in a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission. The notice did not include rates, but the [...]
UPU Votes To Hold Extraordinary Congress On Terminal Dues
GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary Congress of the Universal Postal Union will be held September 24-25 in Geneva following a vote of the membership. The meeting [...]
Broken UPU Terminal Dues System Outlined in OIG Report
The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) researched terminal dues in 2015, with a particular focus on the China to U.S. corridor, to examine concerns and [...]
UPU Exit Begins: USPS Urged To Prepare For Pullout
The U.S. Postal Service — the world’s largest postal service — needs to prepare for its exit from the Universal Postal Union now, the Postal Regulatory [...]
CORRECTION: Joe Murphy: 30 Nations Support U.S. Proposal For Self Declared Inbound Rates
This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]
USPS Governors, PMG Support Trump’s UPU Pullout
At the February 8 meeting of the Board of Governors, Chairman Robert Duncan said the board supports President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Universal Postal Union [...]
Get Ready for Higher International Postage and Service Disruptions
by Merry Law President of WorldVu LLC “If the U.S. were to withdraw from the UPU, it would lose access to global processing and coding systems that make international mail [...]
UPU Works To Meet USA Demands
The Universal Postal Union is working on addressing United States demands to change the terminal dues system and stop the subsidy of cross-border parcels, following receipt [...]
USA Ultimatum To UPU: Fix Terminal Dues Or We’re Out
This story is developing: WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU [...]
USA TO PULL OUT OF UPU
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU Constitution. Here is the [...]
President Trump Orders Changes To International Mail … End Foreign Mail Subsidy …
President Trump ordered U.S. officials to seek changes to the international mail system’s terminal dues and policies. The August 23, 2018 executive order seeks to [...]