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On October 5 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on reforming the national postal system.Ensuring the sustainability of the industry through the specialization of the postal system in the delivery of letters parcels and goods banking finance and public services is an important issue. The system of JSC Uzbekiston Pochtasi has more than 2000 branches and 7000 employees covering all regions of the country. But over the years the role of the postal service has declined as a result of neglect. In particular 1300 post offices have been closed in the last fifteen years. Last year only 10 percent of the 6000 tons of shipments from abroad and 30 percent of courier services accounted for national mail.Therefore the situation on the ground was studied and proposals for the reform of the postal system were prepared with the participation of experts from the Asian Development Bank. At the meeting these measures were presented on the example of the post offices of Sergeli Yangikurgan and Tashkent districts.The head of state stressed the need to transform the postal system into a profitable sector for the development of the industry. It was noted that it is possible to increase the income of post offices by establishing cooperation with private operators and providing additional services.For example e-commerce is currently evolving. There is always a demand to deliver goods purchased online to the owner. In addition the international carriers that have entered our country do not have branches in the regions. Taking advantage of these opportunities wisely arranging for the delivery of mailings and products to the final destination will yield good results.The main task in the postal sector is to make peoples lives easier the President said.The meeting tested the system of delivery to the final destination in the districts and identified a plan to introduce it in regional centers from March 1 next year and from July 1 across the country. It was noted that for this it is necessary to launch an automated information system that will allow receiving sorting and online tracking of shipments.It was also instructed to launch a national online trading platform by the end of this year. Through this system entrepreneurs sell their products throughout the country and the national operator delivers them to the destination. In this case Uzbekiston Pochtasi acts as a guarantor between the buyer and the seller. To this end it was noted the need to establish a logistics center in Tashkent next year.Another source of income for the industry is the introduction of less complex public services in post offices. In this regard the task was given to organize the provision of 13 types of public services in 300 branches of JSC Uzbekistan Pochtasi in remote areas. Also initially the task was to introduce banking services such as cash collection plastic card operations in post offices in Sergeli Yangikurgan and Tashkent districts.Over the past four years the volume of press distribution by Uzbekistan Pochtasi has decreased by 3 times and its share in total press distribution is 13.Officials were stressed the importance of developing a press distribution system to support print media and setting up an online subscription service for periodicals.Attention was also paid to the issues of retraining of staff for the establishment of new postal services the use of the post office building on the basis of public-private partnership with entrepreneurs.
