Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative

Express Mail

Service Cooperative

The Postal Service is a member of the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative. The EMS Cooperative was created by the UPU in 1999 and consists of 174 postal operators. It allows access to more than 180-member countries to provide EMS — the UPU’s fastest cross-border international postal product.

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The Postal Service is a member of the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative.

    • The EMS Cooperative was created by the UPU in 1999 and consists of 174 postal operators. It allows access to more than 180-member countries to provide EMS — the UPU’s fastest cross-border international postal product.
    • The EMS global network has the largest number of customer access points in the world, serving more than 5 billion citizens of member posts.
    • EMS postal operators have the largest last mile coverage worldwide, supported by the postal delivery network.
    • More information can be found at post/en/global-network.