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The proposed price hikes, which would take effect Jan. 19, include a 3.2 percent increase for Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express services. USPS Ground Advantage rates would rise by 3.9 ...
The United States Postal Service will be raising shipping prices after the holidays, it recently announced.. Ground Advantage prices will go up 5.4%, Priority Mail will increase by 5.7%, and ...
USPS Ground Advantage service (2-5 business days): Dec. 18. First-Class Mail service (1–5 business days): ... Canada, or Puerto Rico here. Shipping rates can also be calculated here.
On September 25, 2013, the USPS announced a 3-cent increase in the First Class postal rate, effective January 26, 2014, increasing the price of a stamp to 49 cents. Bulk mail, periodicals, and package service rates were also increased by 6 percent. A loss of US$5 billion during the 2013 fiscal year was the reason given for the increase. [30]
Title II overhauled the process in which the USPS needed to change the rate of products, limiting any increase to the consumer price index. The process that the USPS needed to go through to change rates was also significantly more efficient than the older rate setting system, going from a six month or more process to a two month process. [2]
The price increases are due to the change in mailing and shipping marketplace, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The increase will help cover the service's 10-year Delivering for America plan .
The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 is a federal statute intended to address "the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)", [1] specifically to lift budget requirements imposed on the Service by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act [2] and require it to continue six-day-a-week delivery of mail.
A USPS fact sheet about the proposed changes notes that the plan would have no impact on 75% of first-class mail. The combination of higher prices and slower delivery raises the risk that the USPS ...