Table A2-6
First-Class Mail -- Enclosure of Reply Envelopes -- by Content
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry BRM CRM Total Reply Mail
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Business or Nonfederal Government:                  
Advertising Only 33.7 47.1 31.5 5.2 4.1 3.1 11.0 13.0 9.0
Notice of Order 3.0 3.6 3.6 1.6 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.6 1.7
Bill/invoice/premium* 19.0 19.9 22.3 75.3 84.7 84.9 63.2 71.3 71.9
Financial Statement 6.4 6.9 6.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.9
Payment 1.54 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3
Rebate 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Greeting Card 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Invitation 4.7 6.6 6.6 0.6 1.1 1.0 1.5 2.3 2.2
CD/DVD/Video Game N/A N/A 14.4 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A 3.0
Other business or nonfederal government 20.9 6.0 5.9 10.0 1.2 1.6 12.2 2.2 2.5
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 89.9 91.1 91.4 96.4 95.7 95.8 95.1 94.7 94.9
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit                  
Announcement/meeting 1.8 2.0 2.2 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3
Request for donation 4.4 5.2 5.0 1.2 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.8 2.7
Confirmation of donation 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4
Bill/invoice/premium 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5
Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit 3.2 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.3
Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 10.2 8.9 8.6 3.6 4.3 4.2 4.9 0.0 0.0
Total Received by Households 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pieces Per Household Per Week 0.5 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.6 2.5 2.7 3.3 3.2
*Includes credit card statement/bill.
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.