Myanmar international express mail services to expand to 30 more countries

The state-run Myanmar International Express Mail Services (EMS) will expand its services to 30 more countries starting July 1, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Tuesday.

The Myanmar EMS International under the Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs is currently rendering services to 32 countries in Asia and North America.

The expansion would bring the total number of countries to where the EMS International is accessible to 62.

The new destinations mostly lie in Europe, the Middle East, South America and Saudi Arabia, while the existing destinations where the EMS International covers are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Britain and the United States.

The Myanmar EMS International handles prompt mailing of such parcels as documents, business papers, samples and government- permitted goods.

Myanmar initiated the international express mail services with Singapore in January 1995 and with Thailand in September 1996.

According to the report, the EMS international will finally substitute the DHL Express Asia Pacific of the Netherlands when the latter pulls out of Myanmar by the end of this year.

The decision that the DHL would not continue to promote mutually beneficial cooperation with the country on expiry of contract with the state-run Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications ( MPT) under the ministry was made on the basis of a conclusion of its business undertakings in the country, earlier reports said.

DHL has operated international mail services in the country since April 1997 in joint venture with the MPT as the foremost one of its kind.