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HIGHLIGHTS OF CHANGES DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MAILING SERVICES On Feb. 10, the Governors of the Postal Service announced new prices and product features effective Monday, May 11. New mailing standards to support the price changes are being implemented as well. Complete price and fee information, including the new mailing services prices and current shipping services prices, can be found in Notice 123, Price List, available at usps.com/prices/pricechanges.htm. Customers can view, download and print the price tables. Federal Register notices to support the May 11 price change are available on Postal Explorer at pe.usps.com. Price Changes Include:
First-Class Mail The increase for First-Class Mail (including First- Class Mail International) is 3.8 percent on average. The additional-ounce price for all retail letters, flats and packages remains 17 cents, and for automation and presort letters the additional-ounce price remains 12.5 cents. We also maintain the 2.2-cent difference between 5- and 3-digit automation letter prices. The surcharge for retail and presort nonmachinable letters remains 20 cents, and applies to all nonmachinable letters weighing up to 3.5 ounces. The surcharge for nonmachinable and nonbarcoded parcels not prepared in 5-digit/scheme sacks remains 5 cents. An Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) incentive of 0.3 cents will be available Nov. 29 for automation letters and flats prepared and mailed using the full-service option. We align the standards for commercial machinable and automation letters so that machinable letters have the same physical characteristics as automation letters, with the exception of a qualifying barcode. All sortation levels for automation letters are optional with customers paying for the level of sortation they choose. Required sortation for automation letters would begin at the mixed automated area distribution center (AADC) level. Five-digit/scheme, 3-digit/scheme and AADC sortation levels will be optional, except when claiming the corresponding prices. Automation flats must bear a delivery point POSTNET barcode or IMb encoded with the correct delivery point routing code. There are no changes to the preparation of automation flats — and the 5-digit/ scheme level remains optional, except when claiming the 5-digit price. First-Class Mail retail prices can be found on page 1, and commercial prices can be found on page 10, of the Price List. First-Class Mail International The number of country price groups for letters, flats and packages remains at nine, and the price groups for postcards expand from two to three. There will be separate prices for postcards and 1-ounce letters to Canada (75 cents) and Mexico (79 cents). The price for all other countries will be 98 cents. First-Class Mail International prices can be found on page 28 of the Price List. Periodicals The increase for Periodicals mail is 4 percent on average. Nearly all Periodicals will experience price increases, and there are no structural changes to prices. Publications authorized as classroom and nonprofit, and those publications meeting the limited circulation criteria, will still be eligible for a 5 percent discount off the total Outside-County postage, excluding postage for advertising pounds, Ride-Along pieces and Repositionable Notes (RPNs). The price for RPNs with In-County publications is reduced to 0.5 cent each. For Outside-County publications, RPNs remain 1.5 cents each. The price for a Ride-Along piece increases to 16.5 cents for both In-County and Outside-County publications. The fees associated with Periodicals also increase. Automation flats must bear a delivery point POSTNET barcode or IMb encoded with the correct delivery point routing code. |
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