10/10/18 WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today of price changes to take effect Jan. 27, 2019.
The proposed prices, approved by the Governors of the Postal Service, would raise Mailing Services product prices approximately 2.5 percent. Shipping Services price increases vary by product. For example, Priority Mail Express will increase 3.9 percent and Priority Mail will increase 5.9 percent. Although Mailing Services price increases are based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Shipping Services prices are primarily adjusted according to market conditions. The Governors believe these new rates will keep the Postal Service competitive while providing the agency with needed revenue.
If favorably reviewed by the PRC, the new prices will include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, from 50 cents to 55 cents. The single-piece additional ounce price will be reduced to 15 cents, so a 2-ounce stamped letter, such as a typical wedding invitation, will cost less to mail, decreasing from 71 cents to 70 cents.
First-Class Package Service, a lightweight expedited offering used primarily by businesses for fulfillment purposes, will move to zone-based pricing to better align with the cost of service and improve value based on distance.
The Postal Service has some of the lowest letter mail postage rates in the industrialized world and also continues to offer a great value in shipping. Unlike some other shippers, the Postal Service does not add surcharges for fuel, residential delivery, or regular Saturday or holiday season delivery.
The PRC will review the prices before they are scheduled to take effect Jan. 27, 2019. The complete Postal Service price filings with the new prices for all products can be found on the PRC site under the Daily Listings section at https://www.prc.gov/dockets/daily (see listing for Oct. 10). For the Mailing Services filing see Docket No. R2019-1. For the Shipping Services filing see Docket No. CP2019-3. The price change tables are also available on the Postal Service website at https://pe.usps.com/PriceChange/Index.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its
Post Office worst run organization in the world. Look no further than the incompetent managers that have to credentials to be managers. Also don’t forget allowing certain people to milk the system while others do their jobs. Diversity means allowing people to get away or not get away with things based on skin color. Memo- if your white you WILL be disciplined if not, then your good no matter what you do. Our postmaster is a racist that hates white people.
Stop the Discounts for Junk Mail and/or Bulk Mail
This will cost Amazon a billion more dollars per year. This is what President Trump wants and we all know Trump gets what he wants. Trump is the best President we have ever had. I love the man and would do anything he wants
“Trump’s products have been made in 12 other countries.” triple tax those first. Ties, suits, dress shirts, eyeglasses and other accessories made overseas.Trump eyeglasses are made in China.Trump expanded the Trump Home brand internationally, shows it partnered with Dorya International, to expand the Trump Home brand to a production facility in Turkey. Triple tax that too.Many hotel amenities at Trump’s hotels were manufactured overseas and imported.Trump Vodka was manufactured at a distillery in the Netherlands.
Need increase to pay for overpaid management, and the useless people they hire
Triple prices only for Amazon parcels!!!That’s all we get anyway!!!
Wow, a 10% increase! Must need it in order to pay for the Failing FSS machines decision…
Seems like fcm will subsidize the junk again