UPS is expanding its UPS Worldwide Express service to more than 41,000 new postal codes around the world, offering earlier time-guaranteed delivery options to customers who previously could only enjoy guaranteed end-of-day services.
This is the largest one-time expansion of the service in the company’s history and is designed to strengthen its capabilities in the market. UPS claims that it currently delivers more packages internationally and offers more guaranteed small-package delivery options than any integrated logistics company.
The majority of the new postal codes are in Asia Pacific. In Europe and Canada, UPS is further expanding its already broad coverage, while the new postal codes in Latin America, the Indian Sub-continent, the Middle East and Africa will grow UPS’s footprint in these burgeoning regions.
Starting October 19, customers can use UPS Worldwide Express to send shipments to the new postal codes, including to more than 23,000 new postal codes in Asia Pacific markets, namely, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan.
“Our global service expansion of UPS Worldwide Express and continuous investments in Asia underscores our commitment to help our customers grow in the region,” said Nando Cesarone, President of UPS Asia Pacific. “As more businesses in Asia participate in global value chains, the service expansion goes towards helping them to precisely manage the imports of manufacturing components and the exports of final products across Asia. With the e-commerce boom in Asia, UPS Worldwide Express can also ensure that retailers are better able to satisfy their consumers in Asia.”
UPS Worldwide Express service offers guaranteed delivery on the next business day by 10:30 a.m., noon, or 2:00 p.m., depending on the destination. Individuals and companies of all sizes can use the service, and it is particularly beneficial to those who need to send time-sensitive international shipments. UPS Worldwide Express service is available in 65 countries that comprise 91% of the global gross domestic product.
UPS Worldwide Express is part of the UPS Express portfolio. UPS Express offers customers three guaranteed time-of-day delivery options, and features Express Plus for early-morning delivery to 27 countries, Express for midday delivery to 65 countries, and Express Saver for end-of-day delivery to 220 countries and territories
The expansion of UPS Worldwide Express service to the new postal codes helps facilitate growth in international trade by giving customers an even larger coverage area for urgent deliveries. The World Trade Organization predicts a 3.3% increase in world merchandise trade in 2015 and a 4% increase in 2016.
Companies in the high-tech, retail and industrial manufacturing industries are the biggest users of UPS Worldwide Express service. The service expansion also supports the rise of global e-commerce.
