PO Box fees hiked by Emirates Post

Individual post boxes now cost Dh200, instead of the previous cost of Dh150, and the fee for the commercial post box has been doubled from Dh250 to Dh500.

Officials added that the increase has been made in order to cover the additional expenses of the services provided by the organisation.

“A circular with regard to the price hike was sent to us earlier this year. But then it is a minimal hike and we don’t think that the income of people or companies wishing to have a P.O. Box number is going to be affected,” said representatives at the Al Khor Post Office.

In a Press release issued by the Emirates Post on the issue, officials said that lately, the EP had spent a lot of money on introducing new services.

“EP has modernised its infrastructure. It has set up the Post Exchange Centre at Al Ramool in Dubai. A document centre is also going to be established soon,” the release said.

“Last year, EP had signed an agreement with a Japanese company to export and set up an advanced system to handle the letters, at a cost of Dh14 million.

“In the next four years, the UAE and specifically Dubai is expected to receive more than a million letters daily due to the increasing number of companies and organisations in the UAE.

“Modern system is the only way to deal with post parcels and distributing them in a short time,” added officials.

The post offices network has expanded to include 87 branches around the UAE.

Studies and researches are being conducted to modernise that network to supply customers with the best services, officials added.

“We signed a number of contracts and agreements that cost us a lot. The charges of post services, transportation and other relevant services have gone up all over the world.

“This directly affected the charges imposed on our services. Besides, we are always promoting our services of post deliveries to post boxes and this naturally costs more,” the authorities opined.