Retail rates for Priority Mail will increase on average 1.7% in order to maintain the Postal Service’s overall rate cap.
Nevertheless, businesses on the Commercial Base pricing will see rates drop by 0.9% and those on Commercial Plus will witness a 2.3% cut. In some categories, commercial shippers may see their rates fall by 57.8%. The rate decreases cover ground packages in the 6-20 pound range sent within the continental US.
The price decrease has been criticised by UPS and FedEx, who have been increasing their shipping rates year-on-year, and are about to introduce new dimensional pricing.
UPS told the Postal Regulatory Commission that the Postal Service was increasing its postage rates for its monopoly services by 5.9%, due to its “exigent” rate increase, while dropping rates for competitive services.
UPS also complained of a notable transparency decline regarding USPS pricing for competitive products since the last postal reforms were brought in by Congress in 2006.
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