List of postal entities

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.

List

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	Ministère de la Poste et des TIC[2]		Algérie Poste[2]
Angola^[2009]	Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies	Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM)	Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA)
Antigua and Barbuda			Antigua Post Office
Argentina^[2009]	Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (MinPlan)	Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan	Correo Oficial de la República Argentina S.A. (CORASA)
Armenia^[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communication, State Estate Managing Department	Public Services Regulatory Commission	"Haypost" CJSC
Aruba[N 1]			Post Aruba
Australia^[2009]	Department of Communications	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Postal Services Consultative Council	Australia Post
Austria^[2009]	Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology	RTR GmbH	Österreichische Post AG
Azerbaijan^[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	None	"Azərpoçt" State Enterprise
Bahamas^[2009]	Ministry of Public Works and Transport	None	Bahamas Postal Service
Bahrain^[2009]	Ministry of Transport	None	Bahrain Post
Bangladesh	Ministry of Post and Telecommunication		Bangladesh Post Office[2]
Barbados^[2009]	Ministry of Home Affairs	None	Barbados Postal Service
Belarus^[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Informatization	None	Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta"
Belgium^[2009]	Ministry of Enterprise and Simplification	Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications (IBPT)	Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste)
Belize	Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, Communications[2]		Belize Postal Service[N 2]
Benin^[2009]	Ministry of Information Technology and Communication	Transitional Regulatory Authority	"La Poste du Bénin S.A." (Benin Post)
Bhutan^[2009]	Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC)	Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA)	Bhutan Postal Corporation Ltd
Bolivia^[2009]	Ministerio de Servicios, Obras Publicas y Vivenda	None	Empresa de Correos de Bolivia (ECOBOL)
Bosnia and Herzegovina^[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Transport	Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Postal Traffic	BH Pošta Other operators: Pošte Srpske Hrvatska Pošta Mostar
Botswana^[2009]	Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology	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]	State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications	Communications Regulation Commission (CRC)	Bulgarian Posts
Burkina Faso^[2009]	Ministry of Posts, Information Technology and Communication	None	Société nationale des postes (SONAPOST)
Burma			Myanma Posts and Telecommunications
Burundi^[2009]	Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications	None	Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority)
Cambodia^[2009]	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC)	None	Directorate of Posts (Cambodian Post)
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	National Communications Agency (ANAC)	Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV)
Central African Republic^[2009]	Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies	None	National Posts and Savings Corporation (ONPE)
Chad^[2009]	Ministry of posts and information and communication technologies	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	Regulatory Commission of Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)[3]	Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A. (4-72)
Comoros			Societé Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers[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 los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP)	Correos de Costa Rica SA
Croatia^[2009]	Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development	Postal Services Council	HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d
Cuba^[2009]	Ministry of Informatics and Communications	None	Empresa de Correos de Cuba
Cyprus^[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Public Works	Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation	Department of Postal Services
Czech Republic^[2009]	Ministry of Industry and Trade	Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO), Ministry of Finance	Czech Post
Democratic Republic of the Congo^[2009]	Ministry of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications	Autorité de régulation des postes et télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC)	Congolese Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (OCPT)
Denmark^[2009]	Ministry of Transport	Faerdselsstyrelsen (Postal Supervisory Department)	Post Denmark A/S Other operators: Bring Citymail
Djibouti			Djibouti Post[N 2]
Dominica	Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports[4]		General Post Office (GPO)[4][N 2]
Dominican Republic^[2009]	Ministry of Public Works and Communications	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	Agencia Nacional Postal (National Postal Agency)	Correos del Ecuador
Egypt^[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies	None	National Postal Authority (Egypt Post)
El Salvador^[2009]	Ministry of Gobernacíon	None	General Postal Directorate
Equatorial Guinea			Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (GECOTEL)[N 2]
Eritrea^[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communication	Eritrean Communications Department	Eritrean Postal Service (EPS)
Estonia^[2009]	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC)	Estonian National Communications Board	Estonian Post (Eesti Post)
Ethiopia^[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communications	None	Ethiopian Postal Service
Fiji			Post Fiji[2]
Finland^[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration	Posti Group Corporation Åland: Åland Post
France^[2009]	Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment	Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation Authority (ARCEP)	La Poste
Gabon^[2009]	Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunications and New Information Technologies	Postal Regulatory Agency	La Poste S.A
Gambia^[2009]	Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology	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, due to competition. Deutsche Post AG has the largest market share.[5]
Ghana^[2009]	Ministry of Communications	Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission	Ghana Post Company Limited
Great Britain^[2009]	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)	Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) 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[6]
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies			Anguilla Post Office[7] Bermuda Post Office[8] BIOT Post Office,[9] (outbound; inbound is United States Postal Service and British Forces Post Office[10]) British Antarctic Territory Government[11] via Falkland Islands or British Forces[12] BVI Post[13][14] Cayman Islands Postal Service[15] Falkland Islands Government[16][17] Guernsey Post Isle of Man Post Office Jersey Post Montserrat General Post Office[18] Pitcairn Post Office[19][20] Royal Gibraltar Post Office Turks and Caicos Post Office [21] Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Ascension Post Office[22][23] Saint Helena Post Office[24] Tristan da Cunha Post Office[25] South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Ministry of Post (transported via Falkland Islands or British Forces)[26][27] 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.[28]
Greece^[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communications	EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission)	Hellenic Post S.A. (ELTA S.A.)
Grenada			Grenada Postal Corporation[2]
Guatemala			El Correo (Correo de Guatemala S.A.)[2]
Guinea^[2009]	Ministry of Communication and New Information Technologies (MCNTI)	Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT)	Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Postal Corporation)
Guinea-Bissau			Correios da Guiné-Bissau
Guyana			Guyana Post Office Corporation
Haiti			Office des Postes d’Haiti
Honduras			Honducor
Hungary			Magyar Posta
Iceland[29]	Ministry of the Interior	Post and Telecom Administration	Íslandspóstur
India[30]	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Department of Posts	India Post
Indonesia	Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo)		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	Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale	Poste italiane
Ivory Coast^[2009]	Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications	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
Jordan			Jordan Post Company
Kazakhstan	Ministry of Investment and Development	Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Information	Kazpost
Kenya			Postal Corporation of Kenya
Kiribati			Kiribati Public Service Public
Kuwait			Ministry of Communications (Kuwait)
Kyrgyzstan	Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan	State Communication Agency	Kyrgyz Express Post "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE
Laos
Latvia			Latvijas Pasts
Lebanon			LibanPost
Lesotho			Lesotho Post
Liberia			Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Liberia)
Libya			General Posts and Telecommunications Company
Liechtenstein			Liechtensteinische Post
Lithuania			Lietuvos paštas
Luxembourg			Post Luxembourg
Macedonia			Makedonska Pošta
Madagascar			Paositra Malagasy
Malawi			Malawi Posts Corporation
Malaysia			Pos Malaysia
Maldives			Maldives Post
Mali			Office national des postes du Mali
Malta	Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications	Malta Communications Authority	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			MongolPost
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
New Zealand[N 3]			New Zealand Post
Nicaragua			Correos de Nicaragua
Niger			Niger Poste
Nigeria			Nigerian Postal Service
North Korea	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[31]		Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC)[N 2]
Norway			Posten
Oman			Oman Post
Pakistan			Pakistan Post
Panama			Correos de Panamá
Papua New Guinea			Post PNG
Paraguay			Correo Nacional Paraguayo
Peru			Serpost
Philippines^[2009]			Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
Poland			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			St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services
Saint Lucia			Saint Lucia Postal Service
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			SVG Postal Corporation
Samoa			Samoa Post
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			Seychelles Postal Service
Sierra Leone			SALPOST
Singapore			Singapore Post
Slovakia			Slovenská pošta
Slovenia			Pošta Slovenije
Solomon Islands			Solomon Post
Somalia[32]	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	Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services (South Sudan)
Spain			Correos
Sri Lanka	Ministry of Posts & Telecommunication	Department of Post	Sri Lanka Post
Sudan
Suriname			Surpost
Swaziland			Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications
Sweden	Ministry of Enterprise	Swedish Post and Telecom Authority	Posten AB Other operators: Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014[33]
Switzerland			Swiss Post
Syria			Syrian Post
Tajikistan
Tanzania			Tanzania Posts Corporation
Thailand	Ministry of Transport	None	Thailand Post
Togo			La Poste du Togo
Tonga[N 4]			Tonga Post
Trinidad and Tobago			TTPost
Tunisia			La Poste Tunisienne
Turkey			PTT (Turkey)
Turkmenistan			Turkmenpochta
Tuvalu
Uganda			Posta Uganda
Ukraine			Ukrposhta
United Arab Emirates			Empost
United States	United States Postal Service[N 5]	Postal Regulatory Commission	United States Postal Service
Uruguay			Correo Uruguayo
Uzbekistan			O`zbekiston pochtasi
Vanuatu			Vanuatu Post
Vatican City			Poste Vaticane
Venezuela			IPOSTEL
Vietnam			Vietnam Post Corporation
Yemen			Yemen Post
Zambia			ZamPost
Zimbabwe			ZimPost

Notes

1. now called Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
2. 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 a member of the UPU

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Country or territory	Governmental authority	Regulatory authority	Operator(s)
Kosovo			Post and Telecom of Kosovo
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

• List of members of the Universal Postal Union
• List of entities that have issued postage stamps: A–E / F–L / M–Z
• List of philatelic bureaus
• Articles about postal systems by country, postal organisations by country
• United Nations Postal Administration

External links

• http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/philbur.html

References

1. Data from: "Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries" (PDF). Universal Postal Union. 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011. References to institutions may have been updated to refer to their successors, and other operators may have been added.
2. Universal Postal Union. "Member countries". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
3. 4-72. "Regulatory authorities of the Colombian postal service". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
4. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. "Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
5. Lists of Post Operators in Germany: http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/cln_1911/DE/Sachgebiete/Post/RegulierungPostmarkt/LizenzenPara5PostG/LizenzenPostdienstleistungen/LizenzenPostdienstleistungen_node.html
6. Postcomm. "Licensed operators". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
7. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/a.html
8. http://www.bpo.bm/
9. http://www.biotpostoffice.com/
10. http://www.biotpostoffice.com/about-1.asp
11. https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-antarctic-territory
12. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/family_liaison/mail.php
13. http://www.finance.gov.vg/AboutUs/Departments/BVIPostOffice.aspx
14. http://www.bvi.gov.vg/department/bvi-post
15. http://www.caymanpost.gov.ky
16. http://www.falklandstamps.com/
17. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/f.html
18. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/m.html
19. http://www.stamps.gov.pn/
20. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/o-p.html
21. http://www.tcimall.tc/government/
22. http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/government/post-office-philatelic-bureau/post-office-about/
23. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/a.html
24. http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/s.html
25. http://www.tristandc.com/postoffice.php
26. http://www.sgwiki.gs/mediawiki/index.php/Government_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands#Postal_service
27. http://www.sgwiki.gs/mediawiki/index.php/Post_Office
28. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270830/bfpo_indicator_list_jan13.pdf
29. http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries/western-europe/iceland.html
30. http://www.indiapost.gov.in/
31. 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.
32. "Mail services could soon resume in Somalia". Universal Postal Union. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
33. Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. "Licensed operators" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2014.