Like they promised, the Post Office is changing their prices on schedule again and maybe a little sooner than you might have expected. This is this year’s second of their new twice a year rate update schedule and is a month ahead of last year’s May timeframe. The changes take effect on April 17th. I summarized the changes below, and you can also see them at http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm.
What you will see are new rates for these services:
Domestic
First-Class Mail Parcels
First-Class Mail Retail Letters
First-Class Mail Retail Non-machinable Letters
First-Class Mail Retail Flats
Parcel Post
Bound Printed Matter
Media Mail
Library Mail
Includes new First-Class Parcel Pricing:
First-Class Commercial Base Parcels
First-Class Commercial Plus Parcels
International
First-Class Mail
The Post Office reports these percentages of increase for this rate update:
Percentage Price Change by Product Category
First-Class Mail — overall 1.7%
Flats 5.3%
Parcels 3.8%
International (outbound and inbound) 4.0%
Package Services — overall 1.7%
Single-piece Parcel Post 1.8%
Bound Printed Matter (BPM) flats 0.7%
BPM Parcels 2.0%
Media Mail/Library Mail 2.0%
Extra Services and Fees — overall 1.7%
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