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continued... The Postal Service will offer more specific service standards for Express Mail International to help customers decide if this is the right option for them. Average-days-for-delivery information to major destinations will be available via the online postage rate calculator as well as at Post Offices. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 18.6 percent for Express Mail International. Priority Mail International The Postal Service proposes to combine air Parcel Post, Global Priority Mail and economy parcel post into a single new service — Priority Mail International. Service will be available to more than 190 countries. Priority Mail International service will offer the same flat-rate packaging as domestic Priority Mail including a flat-rate envelope with two prices, one for Canada and Mexico, and one for all other countries, and two flat-rate box options with two flat-rate box prices— one for Canada and Mexico, and one for all other countries. Letters are not mailable in the flat-rate box but will be allowed in the flat-rate envelope. As with Express Mail International, USPS proposes to regroup countries based on geography and market factors that consolidates the rate groups into the same 10 country groups. There will be more specific service standards for Priority Mail International to help customers decide if this is the right option for them. Average-days-for-delivery information to all major destinations will be available via the online postage rate calculator as well as at Post Offices. Additional tracking information and extra services will also be available for Priority Mail International. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 16.7 percent for Priority Mail International. First-Class Mail International The Postal Service proposes to combine airmail letters, economy letters and aerogrammes into a new single service – First-Class Mail International. The new service is for letters, postcards and other items weighing up to 4 pounds. The service standard for First-Class Mail International will be a range of days for delivery and would be priced lower than GXG, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 8.6 percent for First-Class Mail International letters and 21 percent for postcards. Additional Services M-bags M-bags are direct sacks of printed matter to one addressee and are priced based on the weight of the bag and contents. The Postal Service is proposing to combine Airmail M-bags and Economy M-bags into one service. Under the new service, M-bags will travel by air transportation. USPS is proposing an average price increase for M-bags of 7.7 percent. International Priority Airmail (IPA) International Priority Airmail (IPA) is a bulk air letter service for First-Class Mail International items. Presort, nonpresort and drop ship discounts are available. Volume discounts are available through the International Customized Mail (ICM) program for commercial customers who meet minimum program requirements. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 14.1 percent. International Surface Air Lift The Postal Service is proposing to combine International Surface Air Lift (ISAL), Publishers’ Periodicals, and Books and Sheet Music. ISAL is a bulk mailing service for First-Class Mail International items. There is a 50-pound minimum per mailing. Presort and drop ship discounts are available, as well as volume discounts through the ICM program for commercial customers who meet minimum program requirements. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 13.1 percent for International Surface Air Lift. International Surface Air Lift M-bags M-bags (direct sacks of printed matter sent to one addressee) can be sent using ISAL service. USPS is proposing an average price increase of 2.8 percent for International Surface Air Lift M-bags. Extra Services The structure of international extra services would remain the same. However, because of a lack of customer demand, the Postal Service is proposing to eliminate Recorded Delivery service, the international equivalent to domestic Certified Mail. The alternative for the few customers who currently use Recorded Delivery would be Registered Mail. The rates, fees and conditions for mailing that are proposed in the Dec. 20 Federal Register will be effective when the Postal Service changes domestic pricing in May 2007. The Board of Governors will set the effective date after the domestic mail proceedings currently before the Postal Rate Commission in Docket No. R2006-1 is concluded. For complete information regarding this proposal and the Dec. 20 Federal Register notice, go to usps.com/ratecase and click "Read about the Proposed International Mail Changes." |
FYI Parcel Post, created in 1913, gave mail-order shopping its first big boost. |
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