Table A6-7
Packages and Expedited Sent by Delivery Company
(Percentage of Pieces by Class and Carrier)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
A67ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency  
First-Class and Priority PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 49.85028 58.44229
EXPRESS PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.066464 1.209761
PARCEL POST PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 14.8068 14.20109
SPECIAL STANDARD 1 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.729355 5.315315
Carrier Percent INTERNATIONAL PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.207569 2.627615
1987 2007 2008 Other PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.859039 2.167863
United States Postal Service:       United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.495504 0.735334
First-Class and Priority 39.0 49.9 58.4 United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.182144 1.784248
Express 0.0 3.1 1.2 United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.273527 6.018093
Parcel Post 13.5 14.8 14.2 Federal Express PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.293092 5.024592
Special Standard 1 3.5 4.7 5.3 DHL/AIRBORNE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.163428 0.111397
International 6.0 5.2 2.6 Other Carrier PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.398187 0.72176
Other/Don't know 3.4 1.9 2.2 Other Don't know/no answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.67462 1.640641
   Total USPS 81.7 79.5 84.0  
Other Carriers:        
United Parcel Service Total 16.3 5.0 8.5  
United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air 0.6 0.5 0.7  
United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air 0.9 0.2 1.8  
United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground 14.8 4.3 6.0  
Federal Express 0.2 2.3 5.0  
DHL/Airborne - 1.2 0.1  
Other Carrier 0.0 1.4 0.7  
   Total Other Carriers 16.5 9.8 14.4  
Don't know/no answer 1.8 10.7 1.6  
   Total  100.0 100.0 100.0  
1 Special Standard includes Media Mail in 2007 and 2008.