Ukrposhta

Ukrainian Postal Service (Public Joint Stock Company "Ukrposhta")
Company typePublic company (since 2015)
IndustryPostal and public services
Founded1947[2] (member of Universal Postal Union and Soviet Post)
Headquarters22 Khreshchatyk st, Kyiv, Ukraine; Post code: 01001
Key people
Ihor Smilianskyi (Director)[3]
ServicesMail, express mail, parcel post, commercial delivery, freight forwarding, third-party logistics, transfer payment (utilities payments, subscriptions and pensions distribution, other money transfers)[4]
RevenueIncrease UA₴ 1,831 million (the first 6 months of 2015)[5]
Number of employees
73 000 (including: mail carriers – 32 000; operators – 13 700; sorters – 2 600;) [6]
Websiteukrposhta.ua

JSC Ukrainian Postal Service or Ukrposhta (Ukrainian: Укрпошта) is the national postal service of Ukraine. It is a public company with 100% state ownership due to its strategic importance. From 1999–2015 it was a unitary enterprise of the government of Ukraine. Ukrposhta has been a member of Universal Postal Union since 1947 and the owner of national stamp issuing enterprise "Ukraine Stamps" (Ukrainian: Марки України).

  1. ^ "Ukrainian Postal Service Official Website". ukrposhta.ua.
  2. ^ "Universal Postal Union. Member countries › Eastern Europe and Northern Asia › Ukraine". www.upu.int.
  3. ^ Cabinet appoints Ihor Smiliansky head of Ukrposhta, Interfax-Ukraine en.interfax.com.ua (20 April 2016)
  4. ^ "Ukrainian Postal Service Official Website. Services". ukrposhta.ua.
  5. ^ "20 most profitable companies of Ukraine in 2015. Infographics". tsn.ua. 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Ukrainian Postal Service Official Website. About. General information. Number of employees". ukrposhta.ua.