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.

Contents 1 List 1.1 UPU members 1.2 Other countries and territories 2 See also 3 References

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	Notes
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]
Antigua and Barbuda			Antigua Post Office
Angola[2009]	Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies	Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM)	Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA)
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[2009]	Ministry of Labour, Culture and Sports	None	Post Aruba N.V.
Australia[2009]	Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy	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	"Azerpost" State Enterprise
Bahamas[2009]	Ministry of Public Works and Transport	None	Bahamas Postal Service
Bahrain[2009]	Ministry of Transport	None	Bahrain Post
Bangladesh			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 1]
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)
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
People's Republic of China[2009]	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology	None	China Post Group Macao: Macao Post
Colombia[2009]	Ministry of Communications	None	Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A.
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
Côte d'Ivoire[2009]	Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications	None	Côte d'Ivoire Post
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 1]
Dominica	Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports[3]		General Post Office (GPO)[3][N 1]
Dominican Republic[2009]	Ministry of Public Works and Communications	None	Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM) (Dominican Postal Institute)
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 1]
Eritrea[2009]	Ministry of Transport and Communication (Eritrea)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	Itella 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
Great Britain[2009]	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)	Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) The islands of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, along with the British Overseas Territories, have separate operators and regulatory arrangements.	Royal Mail Group Plc. Other operators: 55 other licensed operators as of 2011[4]
Georgia			Georgian Post[2]
Germany[2009]	Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology	Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post)	Deutsche Post AG
Ghana[2009]	Ministry of Communications	Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission	Ghana Post Company Limited
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)
Italy	Ministry of Economic Development	Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale	Poste italiane
North Korea	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[5]		Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC)[N 1]
Moldova[2009]	Ministry of Information Development		Poşta Moldovei
Philippines[2009]	Commission on Information and Communications Technology	None	Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost)
Romania[2009]	Ministry of Communications and Information Society	National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în Comunicaţii) - ANCOM	Poşta Română

Notes

Other countries and territories

Country or territory	Governmental authority	Regulatory authority	Operator(s)	Notes
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
Republic of China	Ministry of Transportation and Communications		Chunghwa Post

See also

• 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

References