On February 2, 2004, the Ukrainian State Enterprise "Ukrposhta" marks its 10th anniversary; on January 10, 2002, by a corresponding order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, it was granted the status of national postal operator. \nSince the creation of the Volyn Directorate of USEPE "Ukrposhta," it has been headed by Yaroslav Kravchuk. As Yaroslav Fedorovych reported in an interview with the newspaper "Visnyk i Ko," the Volyn Directorate of USEPE "Ukrposhta" operates stably, consistently fulfills assigned planned tasks, and ensures a satisfactory financial condition. Year after year, the volume of services provided increases, labor productivity rises, and the material and technical base expands. \nThe profit of the Volyn Directorate of USEPE "Ukrposhta" from ordinary activities in 2003 amounted to 428 thousand hryvnias. Planned targets for revenue from all types of activities were fulfilled at 105.9 percent, the average monthly wage of Volyn postal workers in full-time equivalent is 326 hryvnias, and income from trade per 1 postal branch increased 1.4 times. The saturation with periodicals per 1000 people of population is 329 copies, per family - 1.16 copies. Labor productivity amounted to 9,484 hryvnias. \nIn the past 2003, investments totaling 1,013 thousand hryvnias were made in production development from own and borrowed funds. Of these, 313.0 thousand hryvnias were for modernization and reconstruction of fixed assets, and 690.0 thousand hryvnias for the purchase of fixed assets. \nAlso last year, 67 units of computer equipment, 36 electronic cash registers, and 45 electronic scales were introduced. During the period from 2001 to December 2003, 17 automobiles were purchased. Container transportation was introduced on the main route Kyiv-Lutsk, as well as on the intra-regional route Lutsk-Kivertsi-Manevychi-Liubeshiv. The Volyn Directorate operates the automated systems "Financial Management," "IP telephony," and in all communication hubs the systems "Goods Turnover," "Electronic Transfer," "Electronic Mail - Lotus Notes." \nReference: The postal communication network of the national postal operator "Ukrposhta" covers all regions of Ukraine and numbers 24 post offices, 391 postal communication hubs and 32 postal communication centers, 3,533 urban, 9,871 rural, 122 mobile, 22 seasonal branches, and 1,826 postal communication points. More than 115 thousand people work in the "Ukrposhta" system, of whom more than 48 thousand are letter carriers. \nUkrainian postal workers offer consumers more than 70 types of communication services, and direct postal exchange is now carried out with 58 countries of the world. In addition, since independence, 546 postal stamp subjects have been issued in our Ukraine. \n