On August 10^th, 2022 the USPS^® filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding a temporary price adjustment for the holiday season. This planned pricing adjustment would affect the following commercial and retail domestic competitive parcels.

First Class Package Service^®
USPS Retail Ground^®
Parcel Select^®
Priority Mail^®
Priority Mail Express^®

If favorably reviewed by the PRC, these price adjustments would go into effect from October 2^nd, 2022, and remain in place until January 22^nd, 2023.

This seasons adjustment will bring prices for the Postal Service’s commercial and retail customers in line with competitive practices. No structural changes are planned as part of this limited pricing initiative.

Highlighted below are some of the planned price changes:

Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express:

Commercial:

$0.75 increase for PM and PME Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes
$0.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
$0.80 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
$0.75 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-25 lbs.
$2.80 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-25 lbs.
$3.00 increase for Zones 1-4, 26-70 lbs.
$6.50 increase for Zones 5-9, 26-70 lbs.

Retail:

$0.95 increase for PM and PME Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes
$0.30 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
$1.00 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
$0.95 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-25 lbs.
$3.20 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-25 lbs.
$3.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 26-70 lbs.
$6.45 increase for Zones 5-9, 26-70 lbs.

First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select Ground, and USPS Retail Ground:

Commercial:

$0.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
$0.40 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
$0.75 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-25 lbs.
$1.60 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-25 lbs.
$3.00 increase for Zones 1-4, 26-70 lbs.
$5.50 increase for Zones 5-9, 26-70 lbs.

Retail:

$0.30 increase for Zones 1-4, 0-10 lbs.
$0.60 increase for Zones 5-9, 0-10 lbs.
$0.95 increase for Zones 1-4, 11-25 lbs.
$2.70 increase for Zones 5-9, 11-25 lbs.
$3.25 increase for Zones 1-4, 26-70 lbs.
$5.85 increase for Zones 5-9, 26-70 lbs.

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U.S. Postal Service Announces Proposed Temporary Rate Adjustments for 2022 Peak Holiday Season

Published at: 08/25/2022

Lucas Bingham

Lucas Bingham is the Product and Business Development Specialist at FP Mailing Solutions. He has been with FP since 2017 and spends the bulk of his time working on FP’s digital solutions. When not at work Lucas enjoys being outside and spending time with his wife and two puppies, Clark and Nova.