CEOs and senior executives from leading postal operators from America, Asia Pacific and Europe, gathered on 19 May in the Rode Hoed Conference Centre in Amsterdam for the 2017 International Post Corporation Annual Conference.

The 2016 IPC Annual Review, titled 'Underpinning postal growth', looks back at IPC's activities over the past year and highlights the how the company continues to provide a solid technical backbone for the postal industry while being a respected platform for knowledge sharing.

In 2016, the IPC UNEX™ system, which measures international priority letter mail service performance in Europe, showed that, on average, 83.2% of letters were delivered within three days of posting and that 95.2% were delivered within five days.

The IPC Regulatory Database, now in its 16^th edition, provides an overview of the national regulatory developments in 49 countries worldwide, in Europe, North and South America as well as in Asia Pacific.

The IPC cross-border e-commerce shopper survey looks into the delivery preferences and experiences of frequent cross-border online shoppers. The research was undertaken with 24,331 respondents across 26 countries in 17 languages in September - October 2016.