The US Postal service has announced new rates for both
Market Dominant and Competitive products that will take effect on January 27,
2019. While the overall average increase
is 2.5%, this percentage varies widely by class of type of sortation used to
prepare the mail.
For example, retail rates for Market Dominant First-Class
mail:
First-Class
stamp currently $.50 will be $.55, a 7.5% increase
Additional
ounces decrease from $.21 to $.15, a reduction of 28.5%
Metered
letter increases from $.47 to $.50, or 6.4%
First-Class Mail
Rates
While Single-Piece Letters and Postcards increase by 7.5%,
Presort rates for these pieces increases by only 1.0%.
On the other hand, Flat-sized First Class mail decreases by
11%.
Priority Mail rates will increase for most packages by an
average of 6.2% and Priority Mail Express will increase by an average of 3.9%.
Priority Mail Commercial will only increase by an average of 3.2%.
In an effort to standardize its package services, the USPS
plans to price First Class Packages based on weight and zone. First Class
Packages were previously priced based on weight alone. This means First Class
Package services will be more comparable to other USPS shipping products such
as Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express.
In 2018, a 12 oz. First Class Commercial Parcel was $3.82,
regardless of where it was being sent. In 2019, that same 12 oz. package could
be $3.82 to $4.33, depending on the zone where it’s being sent.
Marketing Mail
Rates
The average impact for Letter and Flats mailers is about the
same, 2.4% and 2.6% respectively.
Parcels increase an average of 2.7%.
Mailers of High-density/Saturation letters realize a larger
increase of 3.8%, while HD/Saturation flats mailers see a similar increase of
3.6%.
Standard Carrier Route rates increase .7%, while EDDM Every
Door Direct Mail retail rates increase 5%.
Periodicals
The overall average increase is 2.5% for Periodical mailers;
2.5% for outside-county rates, while Inside-country rates increase an average
of 2.0%.
Package Services
Package Services increase by an average of 2.5%;
BPM Flats increase 2.5%, BPM Parcels increase 2.2% and Media and Library Mail
increase almost 3%. Please give us a call at 440-946-0606 for more information.
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