Databases to Download
Below are our databases for mail sortation. These are for use with the following services:
- International Letters Country Sort High Volume
- International Mixed Mail Zone Sort
- International Letters Zone Sort
- International Letters Country Sort Low Volume
- International Flats Zone Sort
- International Flats Country Sort Low Volume
- International Flats Country Sort High Volume
- International Packets Zone Sort
- International Packets Unsorted High Volume
- International Destination Sort (including M-bags)
Please note that these databases can be subject to changes. When you have downloaded a copy of the database, you will be notified of any changes via email.
Guidelines on the databases
If you require further information on the International Destination Sort Database, please click here.
| Download IDS Database Version 101 Build 1 for use from 31st January 2011. | Database Format |
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| ISORTA | Assigns a six digit code to a record based on the country name in an address. The first three digits are a zone identifier, the last three are a country identifier. | Unsorted, Zone Sort, Country Sort and Destination Sort Services |  |
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| ISORTB | Used to determine the appropriate destination point from the country and locality specified in the address. | International Destination Sort | |
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| ISORTC | Looks at the postcode and assigns it a locality code to create the nine digit selection code. This makes it compatible with ISortB. | International Destination Sort | |
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| ISORTD | Where there is no postcode, this looks at area names in the address to issue a locality code to create the nine digit selection code. This makes it compatible with ISortB. | International Destination Sort | |
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| ISTRMB | Determines which service speeds are appropriate for a given country code. | Unsorted, Zone Sort, Country Sort and Destination Sort Services | |
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| ISORTF | A comprehensive guide showing by service speed and country the areas and postcodes which are to be sorted to a particular destination. | International Destination Sort | |
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