Facilities of Correios de Moçambique to close permanently on June 1st, all activities transferred to CORRE

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Facilities of Correios de Moçambique to close permanently on June 1st, all activities transferred to CORRE

1:27 CAT | 30 May 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Noticias]

The state-owned Correios de Moçambique (Mozambique Post Office), which has been in liquidation since 2021, will close its facilities permanently as of Sunday June 1, the liquidation committee announced today (30-05).

“The liquidation committee hereby informs all users and the general public that, as the liquidation phase of Correios de Moçambique EP is at a very advanced stage, the company’s facilities will be closed permanently as of 1 June 2025,” reads a notice issued today.

The notice adds that the company’s liquidation “is in its final phase”, with all activities having been transferred to Correio Expresso de Moçambique (CORRE), as the new Designated Postal Operator of Mozambique, “which is continuing to provide the universal postal service”.

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On its official website, CORRE, states that its shareholders are Correios de Portugal and Empresa Nacional de Correios de Moçambique.

On 15 October, the Mozambican communications regulator INCM announced that it had granted CORRE the Universal Postal Operator License, filling the void that had existed since 2021.

“The granting of this license is a result of the need to fill the legal void resulting from the closure, in 2021, of the public company Correios de Moçambique, which provided the Universal Postal Service (SPU) nationwide, prioritizing economically unviable locations,” reads the statement from the National Institute of Communications of Mozambique (INCM) issued at the time.

It added that the license was granted to CORRE at that time, as this “entity was appointed by the Government” to provide a universal postal service.

“The SPU comprises the provision of postal services with specified quality, provided at all points in the national territory by the postal service operator, aiming to satisfy the communication needs of the population and public and private entities, in the development of economic and social activities,” the INCM explained on the occasion.

In the provision of the UPS, the regulator recalled, satisfaction with the postal service must be ensured at “prices accessible to all users”, including “satisfaction of adequate quality standards, namely with regard to delivery times, density of access points, regularity and reliability of the service” and “under conditions of equality and non-discrimination”.

The UPS provider must also ensure the “continuity of the provision of the service, except in cases of force majeure”, the “evolution in the provision of the service according to the technical, economic and social environment and the needs of users”, the “fulfilment of obligations arising from international commitments assumed by the State”, and the “adequate information to the public regarding the conditions and prices of the services”.

In May 2021, the Mozambican government approved a decree extinguishing the public company Correios de Moçambique, with a view to restructuring the State Business Sector, after ongoing financial losses.

The services provided by Correios de Moçambique, the government announced at the time, would gradually be provided by the private sector.

In a decree dated 24 May, to which Lusa had access, the government also amended the Postal Service Licensing Regulation, now stating that the Designated Operator “is the public or private operator”, appointed “for the provision of reserved postal services and the universal postal service”.

Both decisions came into force immediately, according to documents consulted by Lusa.

Source: Lusa