Agreement between India Post and Canada Post for 'International Tracked Packet Service'
India Post has recently entered into an agreement with Canada Post to launch International Tracked Packet Service (ITPS) between the two countries to facilitate e-commerce exports. India Post already offers this service with 38 partner countries and Canada will be the 39th.
This service will be operational from July 01, 2023, as notified by the Department of Posts in the Gazette of India dated June 28, 2023. An official release from India's Ministry of Communications states that it aims to facilitate e-commerce exports.
ITPS is a competitive service for the transmission and delivery of packets and is designed to meet cross-border shipping requirements of e-commerce exporters including MSMEs, small businesses, traders, etc. to promote the export of their products using local post offices.
'International Tracked Packet Service'
The service was extended from 16 countries to 38 countries by adding 22 new partners including the UK, France, UAE, Egypt, Oman etc. from June 01, 2023.
ITPS rates have been kept very economical as compared to International EMS (Speed Post) and other market products. The postage will be Rs 400 for the first 50 grams and Rs 35 for each additional 50 grams. It will provide affordable shipping solutions to exporters up to 2 kg as well as pick-up and volume-based discounts to contracted customers.
