
Posts worldwide will be able to carry packages containing equipment with limited quantities of lithium batteries and cells as of 1 January 2013, according to new international mailing rules.

Members of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) are on the right track in advancing quality of service and postal financial services in their region, says UPU Director General, Edouard Dayan.

As the only representative of the global postal industry, the UPU is well placed to serve the current and future needs of the sector, its deputy director general, Guozhong Huang, recently told Posts from industrialized countries. ...

Letter-post volumes are down, but other postal services are quickly filling in the gap, according to the UPU’s latest statistics for 2010.