The Ministry of Security demanded the elimination of the monopoly in the statutes of the Post Company for transporting goods. The Minister of Mining Industry and Trade has asked the government to remove the monopoly of goods transportation from the law and statutes of the Post Company and to assume the role of the regulator in the field of transportation of goods
According to the Iran digital economy annotation, based on the statutes of the post company, it supervises the acceptance, transportation and distribution of all internet purchase and sales consignments, as well as the management of the funds received at the domestic and international level (portal) in order to achieve the indicators of speed, accuracy and security according to the established standards.
It is one of the duties of the Post Company, therefore, companies applying for activities in the field of logistics must obtain an activity license from the Post Company, but the long process of issuing an activity license has led to few companies applying for a license to operate in the field of logistics during the past years. have also received activities, but they have not achieved much success in this field.
The head of the e-commerce development center, Amin Kolahdozan, stated: In our opinion, the National Post Company should play the role of a physical platform and not become a competitor of the private sector. If the government becomes a competitor of the private sector, it does not matter if the Ministry of Economy is in this position. Gird or the ministry of silence, if it is placed in this position, it will definitely be harmful.
Referring to the challenges of this ministry with the Post Company, he says: The Ministry of Samt’s basic approach is that the National Post Company should eliminate the monopoly of its charter. According to what is currently stated in the postal statute, everything that can be moved should be moved by mail, but this approach actually hurts e-commerce businesses.
Kolahdozan also mentioned the private companies that have received operating licenses from the Post Company. In his opinion, the companies that have been licensed in the private postal sector have not yet grown up.
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