Significant price rises for parcels being shipped by the Postal Service out of the United States, if regulators allow USPS to move its international First Class package service to the competitive side of its portfolio.

The US Postal Service asked regulators last week to transfer its First Class International Packages and Rolls service out of the current regulated market-dominant portfolio.

It said the service is already effectively a competitive service, competing in a “vibrant” marketplace against the likes of FedEx, DHL and UPS, and should therefore be treated by regulators as a competitive service.

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