WASHINGTON – The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of a temporary price change to take effect Oct. 18, 2020.
The planned temporary price adjustments are in response to increased expenses and heightened demand for online shopping package volume due to the coronavirus pandemic and expected holiday ecommerce. As a result of these changing market conditions, the Postal Service is planning a time-limited price increase on all commercial domestic competitive package volume from Oct. 18 until Dec. 27, 2020. Retail prices and international products will be unaffected.
The planned price increase would go into effect at 12:00AM Central on Oct.18, 2020 and remain in place until 12:00AM Central Dec. 27, 2020.
The planned prices, approved by the Governors of the Postal Service on August 6, would raise prices on its commercial domestic competitive parcels – Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select, and Parcel Return Service.
This time-limited adjustment will increase prices for our commercial customers in line with competitive practices without impacting customers at the retail level. In doing this, the Postal Service is protecting the retail consumer during a vulnerable economic period while increasing prices on commercial volume during heightened volume levels.
No structural changes are planned as part of this limited time pricing initiative, allowing customers the greatest ease in implementing the new prices with minimal complexity.
The Governors believe these temporary rates will keep the Postal Service competitive while providing the agency with much needed revenue. The forecasted additional revenue from the time-limited increase will depend on the volume of packages shipped between Oct. 18 and Dec. 27 at commercial rates.
If favorably reviewed by the PRC, the planned price changes include:
| Product | Current | Planned Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel Select Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) |
Starts at $3.19 | 24 cents |
| Parcel Return Service | Starts at $3.05 | 24 cents |
| Parcel Select Lightweight | Starts at $1.81 | 24 cents |
| FCPS Commercial | Starts at $2.74 | 25 cents |
| Priority Mail Commercial | Starts at $7.02 | 40 cents |
| Parcel Select Ground | Starts at $6.92 | 40 cents |
| Parcel Select DSCF | Starts at $4.37 | 40 cents |
| Parcel Select DNDC | Starts at $5.98 | 40 cents |
| Priority Mail Express Commercial | Starts at $22.75 | $1.50 |
Some rate cells in Parcel Select Ground will be charged less than $0.40 so as not to exceed USPS Retail Ground retail prices:
- 19 lbs., zones 8/9 – the increase will be zero instead of $0.40
- 20 lbs., zones 8/9 – the increase will be $0.06 instead of $0.40
- Oversized – the increase will be zero instead of $0.40
A full list of commercial pricing can be found on the Postal Service’s Postal Explorer website https://www.usps.com/business/prices.htm.
The Postal Service has some of the lowest mail postage rates in the industrialized world and also continues to offer a great value in shipping.
The PRC will review the prices before they are scheduled to take effect on Oct.18, 2020. The complete Postal Service price filings with prices for all products can be found on the PRC website under the Daily Listings section at prc.gov/dockets/daily. The price change tables are also available on the Postal Service’s Postal Explorer website at pe.usps.com/PriceChange/Index.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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Trump / Pence 2020
It’s small example of government stupidity. It’s not working …. it must just need more money.
Are you calling our founding fathers stupid? Shame on you.
Not the founding fathers. Just the usps for giving in to the greedy unions and pay the exorbitant retirement that the demanded. Of course, why should the usps complain. They just raise their rates or ask the govt for more handouts.
Nope, you moron. The USPS was written into existence by the founding fathers in the US Constitution.
Please keep your comments on-topic and interesting. Do not attack others.
Why can’t they just learn to live within their budget? The rest of us have to.
If you are a business, and you need to profit to survive, you raise your prices so you can move forward.
Hey, butthead, look at the post office retirement. That will tell you where all the money is going. Get rid of the greedy unions and you will be surprised how easy they will be able to take care of themselves. Unions are just like the welfare class. They will destroy this country.
Hey butthead back at you, you couldn’t do the work a mail carrier does. You’d be home crying about your sore feet and shoulders, and the mean dogs that chased you, and the rude people who blame you for late mail or missing mail. You get blamed for not delivering mail that hasn’t been forwarded because the person who wants the mail forgot to make a forward request. You get blamed for delivering a letter with postage due. You work when the temperature is 100 degrees and when it’s 20 below. But yeah, you don’t think mail carriers earn their money or their retirement.
and that is why they get paid well to drive around in those little trucks
yes, lets get rid of the unions so we can all make $5.00 and hour, working 7 days a week with no benifits, so the top ceo’s make millions.
Many mail carrier have worked for 30+ years. You want to take away their retirement? I thought you guys were for the working man. Guess not.
gov’t has them paying years in advance for health and retirement that is why they are broke
Explain HOW they are being paid in advance?! They are being paid wages PERIOD.
Sorry, they are paying health and retirement benefits years in advance
He’s just jealous, because he wasn’t smart enough to get a good paying job.
I know. He does the same thing with anyone who earns a pension. But, White didn’t have a retirement program so he is making do on SS.