UK SIC 53.10—Postal activities under universal service obligation

Where 53.10 sits

1. H Transportation and storage
2. 53 Postal and courier activities
3. 53.1 Postal activities under universal service obligation
4. 53.10 Postal activities under universal service obligation

What 53.10 includes

• This class includes the activities of postal services operating under a universal service obligation by one or more designated universal service providers. The activities include use of the universal service infrastructure, including retail sale locations, sorting and processing facilities, and carrier routes to pick up and deliver mail. The delivery can include letter post, in other words, letters, postcards, printed papers (newspapers, periodicals, advertising items, and so on), small packets, goods or documents. Also included are other services necessary to support the universal service obligation.
• Pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic (national) or international) of letter post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by postal services operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.
• Collection of letter-mail and parcels from public letter boxes or from post offices

What 53.10 excludes

• Postal giro, postal savings activities and money order activities, see 64.19

53.10 in other systems