Results from Escher’s Future of Posts survey indicate that cross-border e-commerce will be a priority for postal operators over the coming months and years. Of the 129 respondents from 52 postal operators around the world who participated in the study, 87% plan to introduce strategies to deal with the increased international parcel volumes.

The top three challenges Posts assert they have with cross-border e-commerce are 1) real-time tax and duty calculation and cost transparency (both considered equally important), 2) transit times, 3) documentation difficulties

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The main obstacles Posts need to overcome with cross-border e-commerce