Canada Post and India Post focus on e-commerce collaboration
During a recent three-day visit to Canada, representatives from India Post met their Canada Post counterpart to discuss ways to grow e-commerce between the two countries. B.V. Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts, representing Department of Posts of the Government of India, and Dinesh Bhatia, Consul General of India in Toronto, met with Deepak Chopra, the President and CEO of Canada Post.
As part of the e-commerce initiative, the two organizations signed a bilateral agreement to work toward extending Xpresspost International service using the Express Mail Service (EMS) network.
According to a statement issued by Canada Post on Friday (17 Febuary), once these changes are implemented, Canadians sending items to India will experience several improvements over the current International Parcel – Air service:
•Faster service
•On-time delivery guarantee
•End-to-end tracking and delivery confirmation
•Signature
In celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, Canada Post and India Post also agreed to produce a first-ever joint stamp issue to mark Diwali, the Festival of Lights. The joint issue will be available to the public in September of this year.
