Uzbekistan’s national postal operator O’zbekiston pochtasi (UzPost) has lost 50−60 billion soums in revenue after stopping the delivery of paper notices about administrative fines, State Assets Management Agency Director Sokhibjon Murodov said at a press conference on October 8, Spot correspondent reports.
Delivering fine notices had previously been a significant source of income for UzPost. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and commercial banks began notifying citizens about debts and administrative fines through mobile apps, eliminating the need for paper documents and their delivery.
“Digitalization has made this service unnecessary. The postal operator has suffered huge financial losses. I am talking about billions: it has lost 50−60 billion soums in revenue from this single service alone,” Murodov said.
According to Murodov, introducing modern corporate governance mechanisms was one of the key priorities in UzPost’s financial recovery plan for 2025. He warned that without these changes, private companies such as Uzum and Wildberries could make the postal operator uncompetitive. UzPost’s market share has already declined.
UzPost stopped delivering paper notices of traffic fines on March 1. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said at the time that the transition to electronic notifications was intended to reduce human involvement in communicating fine decisions, strengthen public trust and make the process more convenient for citizens.
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