| Table A6-2 Packages and Expedited Received - Packages Delivered by the Postal Service by Class and Sender (Percentage of Pieces by Class) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Mail Class | Business | Friend/Relative | Other/Unknown ‚ | |||||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
| First-Class and Priority | 43.6 | 71.0 | 68.7 | 53.6 | 16.3 | 19.1 | 2.8 | 12.7 | 12.2 | |||
| Express Mail ‚ | 10.8 | 43.1 | 79.7 | 52.0 | 56.9 | 18.6 | 27.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |||
| Standard Mail - Total | 94.8 | 85.8 | 82.5 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 12.3 | |||
| Standard Mail - Regular | 94.8 | 86.4 | 83.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 13.4 | |||
| Standard Mail - Enhanced | 88.2 | 86.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 13.3 | ||||||
| Standard Mail - Not Flat-Machinable | N/A | N/A | 100.0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | |||
| Standard Mail - Nonprofit | 74.6 | 81.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 18.1 | ||||||
| Standard Mail - Nonprofit Enhanced | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Standard Mail - Not Flat-Machinable | N/A | N/A | 100.0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | |||
| Parcel Post - Total | 63.1 | 74.6 | 85.9 | 36.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 14.1 | |||
| Non-DBMC Parcel Post ‚ | 63.1 | 75.2 | 73.3 | 36.9 | 17.6 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 3.3 | |||
| DBMC Parcel Post | 93.8 | 92.4 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||||||
| Bound Printed Matter - Total | 98.6 | 76.2 | 75.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 23.4 | 24.4 | |||
| Special Standard Mail | 98.5 | 86.3 | 83.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 6.7 | |||
| Library Rate ‚ | 100.0 | 87.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 0.0 | |||
| Data was not collected prior to 1997. | ||||||||||||
| ‚ Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. | ||||||||||||