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Yugoslavia, Croatia Direct Mail Service Resumes

Posted by | Aug 10, 2002 | |

Direct postal service will be established between Yugoslavia and Croatia next week, by 19 August at the latest, Assistant General Manager of Yugoslav Post and Telecommunications (PTT) Rastko Grujicki told Tanjug. Mail between the two countries has had to pass through Hungary and Austria and many letters were lost on the way, and it was not possible to send packages at all, he said. Mail and packages worth up to 900 euros will from now on be exchanged directly, Grujicki said.

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Brazilian Post Office plans to launch e-Commerce services

Posted by | Aug 10, 2002 | |

Correios, the Brazilian Post, has firmed up plans to launch a suite of e-commerce services over the next couple of months. The head of its Internet Business Operations Antonio Braquehais said the post had recently selected technology partners that would enable it to introduce the new online services. The companies bid on the business. Upcoming offerings include an e-mail service, an online mall and installing Internet kiosks at post offices.

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LETTER: Mail risk not worth a quick win on the price

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

Following the recent scandal over the discovery of dumped mail, it will be a brave direct mail company that recommends new delivery methods in preference to post offices. This is a pity as there are safe routes to shopping around for cost efficient alternatives to your national carrier.

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Customs-clearing tax in Thailand draws fire

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

A change in the fees charged for customs-clearing services in Thailand was announced in July 2002. The air express industry believes that the change in policy represents a breach of the commitments of Thailand to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), because the Thai Department of Customs did not consult with the industry prior to changing the fees. A formal complaint was submitted to the Thai Ministry of Finance by the Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers. DHL Worldwide Express and TPG (TNT Post) are two of the members of that organisation. Federal Express Corporation and United Parcel Service have also complained about the adoption of overtime taxes for customs-clearing services outside of standard working hours.

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Couriers upset over customs fee hike

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

Couriers have joined forces against an abrupt increase in overtime charges imposed by the Customs Department, which have gone up by between 500 per cent and a massive 28,000 per cent.The Conference of Asia-Pacific Express Carriers (CAPEC) – whose members include DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS – has called for an immediate suspension of the additional overtime charges, citing a violation of international trade regulations.
The group has also asked for immediate consultations with the government, saying the move could affect the country’s long-term aspirations to become a regional cargo hub, Ian Impey, head of the conference, said in a telephone interview from Brussels.
The Customs Department imposed overtime charges on air-express companies by factors of 500-28,000 per cent, effective July 16. The department informed the air-express operators on July 16 that the decision had been made to increase overtime charges for Customs clearance activities that are conducted outside of standard operating hours. The revised regime is based on levying the overtime charges on an individual airway bill.

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EU May Slow Liberalization of Postal Services

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

The European Union Commission is reexamining public service regulations that could water down efforts to open up to competition areas such as energy, postal and train services, the Financial Times reports. France is behind the push to slow liberalization, the paper says. But Germany and the U.K. want to push ahead. ‘Any move to exempt large parts of Europe’s service sector from normal competition and internal market rules would make a mockery of our efforts to build a single market,’ a senior Commission official told the paper.

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Vietnam Post And Telecoms To Separate On Aug 15

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

The long-awaited split of the post and telecommunication services will be carried out in 61 provinces and cities nationwide on Aug. 15, according to the Postal Information Centre.
This is the first step in preparation for the establishment of the post corporation and the telecommunications corporation, and the forming of a State conglomerate of post companies and telecommunications companies.
The postal sector, with a staff accounting for 49 per cent of the country’s post and telecommunications service, has revenues representing only 5-7 per cent of the service’s turnover. Consequently, the telecommunications sector has to compensate for the losses in the postal sector, and the international services follow suit for the domestic services. In this situation, both the postal and the telecommunications sectors cannot expand and improve their services.
Since October 2001, the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation has split, on an experimental basis, the postal services from the telecommunication services in 10 provinces. The test showed that the postal sector operated more effectively with revenues representing 18-30 per cent of the total group’s turnover.
This separation of the post and telecommunications services enjoys the State’s financial support in the form of preferential tax rates as well as investment in a number of services for social welfare.

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