Table A6-8
Packges and Expedited Sent Via the Postal Service by Class and Recipient
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Mail Class Business Friend/Relative
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
First Class/Priority 18.3 60.6 32.4 81.7 39.4 67.6
Bulk Rate 26.5 11.4 46.3 73.5 88.6 53.7
Special Standard 18.7 32.0 44.8 81.3 68.0 55.2
Parcel Post 56.9 46.4 35.2 43.1 53.6 64.8
Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.
Collected in 2006 and 2007 as "Bound Printed Matter".