Following the Issuance of the Council of Ministers' Resolution, the Communications Commission Holds a Meeting with the General Transport Commission on Transferring Regulatory and Supervisory Authority Over the Postal Sector

The Communications Commission held a meeting with the General Transport Commission, regarding the transfer of regulatory and supervisory competencies for the postal sector from the Communications and Information Technology Commission to the General Transport Commission, following the issuance of the Council of Ministers' resolution yesterday, Tuesday, in accordance with the objectives of the National Transport and Logistics Strategy, which seeks to establish the Kingdom's position as a global logistics hub and aims to achieve the Kingdom's Vision 2030.

The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Communications and Information Technology Commission, attended by His Excellency the Commission's Governor Dr. Mohammed bin Saud Al-Tamimi, and the Deputy for Land Transport at the General Transport Commission, Eng. Abdulmajeed bin Musa Al-Tassan, where emphasis was placed on joint coordination between the two commissions to ensure a smooth transition and the continuity of postal services and delivery applications during the transition process, and to continue protecting the rights of beneficiaries.

The transfer of the postal sector from the communications and information technology system to the transport and logistics services system represents one of the enhancers of the accelerating national work to keep pace with the Kingdom's development march, and to develop modes of transport and logistics services and facilitate their linkage and integration, while also completing the regulatory journey led by the Communications Commission in the sector over the past three years toward enhancing economic diversification, e-commerce growth, and supporting sustainable development.

During the meeting, the Communications Commission gave a presentation on the efforts it had accomplished during the past period, and the record figures it achieved that were reflected in the sector, where the parcel transport market saw a quarterly rise in the number of postal items from 8 million to 28 million, and the number of licensees rose from 9 to 145 licensees, while the market size recorded a rise from SAR 5 billion to SAR 7 billion. The Commission also recorded qualitative leaps in the growth of the delivery applications market, where the daily number of requests rose from 238,000 to 577,000 requests, and the daily value of requests exceeded SAR 24 million to SAR 64 million, while the number of active Saudi delivery agents rose from 6,000 to 66,000 active agents.

The General Transport Commission also participated in the meeting with a presentation on the most prominent objectives of transferring the postal sector to the transport and logistics services system, in addition to its future aspirations for regulating and developing the sector in line with the aspirations of the leadership and the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.

The General Transport Commission will continue working to implement the outcomes of the agreement between the communications and information technology system and the transport and logistics services system, to keep pace with the Kingdom's strategic aspirations, in a way that ensures the building of a high-quality system of services in the sector, and enhances its role as a vital sector enabling the Kingdom's capabilities and its geographic location between three continents, toward achieving the ambitious objectives of the Kingdom's Vision for logistics performance at all levels.