Definition: Post office box (P.O. box)

Category: Postal statistics

A facility available to users who ask for such a service, where the mail is delivered instead to their actual postal address. It is regarded as a temporary address for mail. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Post_office_box Statistics Explained, a distinct section of the official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way, Postal statistics