Ukrposhta is Ukraine's national postal operator with over 98,000 employees and 4,229 vehicles delivering mail. Consignment is an international postal service that allows distance sellers to regularly send mailings from one country to another or several countries through a central collection and distribution point. Using consignment, catalog companies can send orders to Ukrposhta which then delivers the parcels to customers in Ukraine without payment of customs duties or VAT. Ukrposhta has consignment agreements with several European postal operators and introduced a new service between Ukraine and Russia allowing purchases from Russian shops. Consignment offers advantages over direct import like no certification requirements but longer delivery times, while direct import is faster but requires certification and payment

1. “FOR” and “AGAINST”
consignment
Pavel Bogdanov,
Deputy General Director for Marketing
The national postal operator in Ukraine
«Ukrposhta»

2. Ukrposhta today:
Number of employees - 98 000, of which:
• Postal operators - more than 20 000
• Postmen - more than 40 000 people
Cars - 4229 units.
Each year (2011):
• Written correspondence - 310 million units.
• Transfers - 22.0 million units.
• Parcels - 18.1 million units.
Coverage - 29,801 villages. Among them:
- Urban - 1344
- Rural - 28457
Post offices - 13.7 thousand

3. Consignment is:
International services on transfer, customs clearance and
distributing of mail and parcels of sender to one or more
recipients.
Consignment is perfect for distance selling companies that are
regular senders of mailings from one country to another or to
several countries in the B2C and / or B2B segment.
Consignment is envisaged in UPU Acts. Conditions are established
bilaterally by operators of origin and destination.

4. Scheme of working with «Consignment»
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5. Important aspects
 COD value should be equal to the value declared
 Limitation of delivery within the country is 30 kg in one
parcel

6. Agreements
Agreement about sharing departures "Consignment" achieved with:
- Slovak Post (30.03.2005)
-Deutsсhe Post (11.08.2006)
-Czech Post (09.04.2009)
Also, on September 1 Ukrposhta has introduced new type of international
transfers between Ukraine and Russia. This type of international transfers
will allow Ukrainians to make purchases in the Russian shops through all
branches Ukrposhta.
The order of payment:
Sender (Russian Part) indicates the amount COD for payment in UAH;
Recipient (Ukrainian Part) – Pays for goods in UAH;
Sender - Receives payment for the goods in rubles.

7. Consignment vs Direct Import:
CONSIGNMENT: DIRECT IMPORT:
Sender prepares international mail and delivers The company selects a contractor in Ukraine to
it to Central Point the EU, where it becomes a prepare packages, sends the goods in amount
subject to the customs clearance. sufficient to maintain order in the next 2-3
Postal operator deliver a parcel to his partner months. In this case, it independently form a
Central Point in Ukraine, where it becomes a parcel and deliver it to Ukraine.
subject to the customs clearance in Ukraine Ukrainian partners are responsible for customs
(without payment of customs duties and VAT!). clearance, marking and sending parcels to
Parcels are delivered to the post office or postal operator in Ukraine.
directly to consumers.
ADVANTAGES: No certification requirement ADVATNAGES: prompt delivery in Ukraine.
(except Goods for children cosmetics and
personal care products) no need to pay customs
duties and VAT.
DISADVANTAGES: need for certification of each
DISADVANTAGES: longer terms of delivery to product group, a permit for the import goods,
the final consumer. payment of customs duties and VAT.

8. Dynamics of turnover
turnover,

9. Why is it profitable work with Ukrposhta?
 The largest and most reliable structure on the market of distance selling in Ukraine
 We guarantee enforcing the international standards and norms regulated by the
International Postal Union
 All services from a single source, without intermediaries

10. Thank you for attention!
Pavel Bogdanov,
Deputy General Director for Marketing
The national postal operator in Ukraine «Ukrposhta»
bogdanov@ukrposhta.com