The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has launched a new Global Business group to help mailers expandtheir international reach through customized, flexible international shipping solutions – and
increase the Postal Service’s $1.9 billion annual share of the international shipping market at thesame time.“The U.S. Postal Service is known for keeping America connected, but we really are a globalcompany,” Paul Vogel, USPS Global Business Managing Director and Senior Vice President, said in astatement. “We deliver nearly half of the world’s mail and our international networks reach everycountry on the globe.”
Vogel said the time is right for international expansion. In addition to extensive marketanalysis, the new team consulted with customers, integrators, consolidators and national postsaround the world, and built the Global Business group to be responsive.
“Each customer is unique and we’re becoming more accommodating to their individual needs,”Vogel said. “We will look at entering into contractual arrangements for international commercialmailers. We have the flexibility to do that, but we’ve never really exercised it until now.”
Vogel said the Postal Service will build on its domestic successes in work sharing, discountsand outsourcing and apply them to the international market.
The new Global Business team consolidates all postal international efforts into one unit –operations, transportation, finance, planning, information technology, account management andpostal relations — making it easier for customers to work with the Postal Service for both inboundand outbound international shipping.
Last year the Postal Service collected, processed and delivered more than 793 million piecesof international mail, generating $1.9 billion in revenue.
