Preliminary 2016 results indicate overall growth trend for global postal industry.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and International Post Corporation (IPC) agree on an enhanced cooperation for the development of the postal sector worldwide

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.

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 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.