The term Hybrid Mail
refers to a written message sent to the
post office electronically, which undertakes
to print, dispatch and distribute it in
a physical form. Hybrid Mail is an important
service for the postal sector as it helps
improve customer connectivity, access and
quality of service.
The official statistics received from the
UPU member postal administrations in the
2004 UPU survey show the usage of Hybrid
Mail worldwide. The publication on “Postal
Statistics” is done every year by
UPU Statistics Service and released in December.
The UPU online database on Postal Statistics
is at: http://www.upu.int/statistics/en/index.shtml
Some 181 of the UPU member countries
responded to the 2004 survey.
GENERAL
CONCLUSIONS
63
countries offered Hybrid
Mail in 2004
- an increase of 5 from
2003
Over
30% of Posts offer Hybrid
Mail services
According
to reported figures over
2 Billion articles of
mail were produced using
Hybrid Mail
in 2004
99%
of the worlds Hybrid Mail
was produced for local domestic
delivery
COUNTRY SYNOPSIS
Italy
produced over 63% of the
worlds Hybrid Mail
The
top 5 producers of Hybrid
Mail are all European
- Italy, Portugal, Hungary,
Spain and Finland.
Malaysia
is the highest ranked
producer from Asia Pacific
in 6th Place
Tunisia
is the highest ranked
African country in 15th
place
Guatemala is highest ranked
from Latin America/Caribbean
region in 18th place
The
United States is in 8th
place
REGIONAL SYNOPSIS
93%
of all Hybrid Mail
originates in Europe
5%
of all Hybrid Mail
originates in Asia
and Pacific
83%
is produced in the
Industrialised Countries
12%
is produced by Developing
Countries in the
European and CIS
region
5% is produced by
Developing Countries
in the Asia and
Pacific region
