January 2018 Price Change Adriana Sallows, Manager Business Mail Entry Long Island PCC January 17 2018 1
Agenda Overview Price Changes Domestic Price Changes International Price Changes Competitive 2
January 2018 Price Change At-a-Glance Market Dominant Product and Price Changes Competitive Price Changes J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 7 th PostalOne! 47.0.0.0 Changes Effective 5 Postage Statements Impacted 3600, 3602-R, 3541, 3605-R, 3700 21 th Price Changes Effective 3
Market Dominant vs Competitive Market Dominant Mail Classes First-Class Mail USPS Marketing Mail Media/Library Mail Bound Printed Matter First-Class Mail International Competitive Mail Classes First-Class Package Service Retail Ground Parcel Select Ground Priority Mail Priority Mail Express Priority Mail International Express Guaranteed 4
Agenda Price Changes Domestic Price Changes International Price Changes Competitive 5
Multiple Mail Classes Comailing Bound Printed Matter (BPM) flats, USPS Marketing Mail flats and Periodicals BPM flats up to 24oz will included in the current comailing structure which includes USPS Marketing Mail flats Service Standard (Class) DDU (Days) Periodicals 1 1 BPM Flats 1 2 DSCF (Days) Periodicals up to 24oz entered at a Destination Sectional Facility (DSCF) or a Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) s 6
Multiple Mail Classes Non-Flats Sequencing System zones USPS Marketing Mail and Periodicals Order of pallet preparation updated to increase the number of 5-digit Carrier Route Pallets presented in non-fss zones Current Pallet Prep Order Merged 5-digit scheme 5-digit scheme carrier routes 5-digit scheme Merged 5-digit 5-digit carrier routes 5-digit 3-digit SCF through mixed ADC Proposed Pallet Prep Order 5-digit scheme carrier routes Merged 5-digit scheme 5-digit scheme 5-digit carrier routes Merged 5-digit 5-digit 3-digit SCF through mixed ADC 7
First-Class Mail Retail Single-Piece Prices (1oz) Current Price New Price Stamp Price 0.49 0.50 Meter Price 0.46 0.47 Single-Piece Flats 0.98 1.00 Single-Piece Cards 0.34 0.35 Price increased to $.50 8
First-Class Mail Commercial Commercial Prices (1oz) Current Price New Price Mixed AADC Automation Letters 0.423 0.424 AADC Automation Letters 0.403 0.408 5-Digit Automation Letters 0.373 0.378 Mixed ADC Automation Flats 0.750 0.705 3-Digit Automation Flats 0.630 0.593 5-Digit Automation Flats 0.446 0.474 9
First-Class Mail Residual Letters Simplification Simplify the postage statement for First-Class Mail residual letters Enhance the value of mail Supports postal simplification efforts Table1 Table2 10
First-Class Mail Postage Statement First-Class Mail PS Form 3600 FCM Page 3 - Part B Remove lines B4 and B6 to reflect changes to Residual First-Class Mail Remaining lines will be renumbered
First-Class Mail Postage Statement First-Class Mail PS Form 3600 FCM Pages 2 and 4 Page headings changed from First Class without a hyphen to First-Class with a hyphen
USPS Marketing Mail Automation Letters Current Price New Price Mixed AADC $0.288 $0.287 5-Digit $0.251 $0.251 5-Digit DNDC $0.225 $0.227 5-Digit DSCF $0.217 $0.220 HD DSCF $0.168 $0.172 Saturation $0.186 $0.186 Saturation DNDC $0.162 $0.164 Saturation DSCF $0.155 $0.158 Automation Flats Current Price New Price Mixed ADC $0.550 $0.598 5-Digit $0.387 $0.393 5-Digit DNDC $0.347 $0.352 5-Digit DSCF $0.335 $0.340 HD DSCF $0.194 $0.194 Saturation $0.218 $0.219 Saturation DNDC $0.178 $0.179 Saturation DSCF $0.164 $0.165 13
USPS Marketing Mail Non-Automation Origin Current Price New Price Letters AADC (3.5oz or less) $0.284 $0.287 Letters Mixed AADC $0.301 $0.300 Flats 5-Digit $0.435 $0.466 Flats Mixed ADC $0.588 $0.634 EDDM-Retail $0.177 $0.178 14
USPS Marketing Mail Postage Statement USPS Marketing Mail PS Form 3602 R Page 11: Part S Extra Services and Fees Re-align the first two rows of Part S-Extra Services and Fees by moving lines S4-S28 down one line so that S4 is not on the same row with the column headings.
Periodicals Periodicals % Change Outside County 1.93% Inside County 1.84% 16
Periodicals Postage Statement Periodicals PS Form 3541 Page 1 Update reference in the Preferred Price Discount line Change from Add line B19, and part C, D and E Totals to Add lines B17, and parts C, D and E Totals
Package Services Product % Change Media Mail/Library Mail 1.99% Alaska Bypass 1.31% Bound Printed Matter Flats- Overall 2.09% Origin Carrier Route -1.98% DSCF Carrier Route 3.83% DDU Carrier Route 6.35% Parcels - Overall 1.92% Origin - Basic Presort -3.04% DSCF - Basic Presort 2.33% DDU - Basic Presort 4.66% ~2.0% overall increase Will allow co-mail up to 24 ounces with existing Periodical and Marketing Mail co-mail pools. 18
Package Services Postage Statement Package Services PS Form 3605 Line 2 Remove pre-cancelled Stamps as a type of postage for Parcel Select Lightweight (PSLW). 19
Extra Services Product % Change PO Boxes 1.9% Certified Mail 3.0% Return Receipt 0.7% All Other 1.7% 20
Agenda Price Changes Domestic Price Changes International Price Changes Competitive 21
International Competitive Prices Global Express Guaranteed Priority Mail Express International Priority Mail International International Priority Airmail International Priority Airmail M-Bags International Surface Air Lift International Surface Air Lift M-Bags Airmail M-Bags First-Class Package International Service % Change 3.9% 22
International Postage Statement International PS Form 3700 Pages 6 and 9, Part C ICM Incentive is no longer offered within Part C 23
International Postage Statement International PS Form 3700 Page 13, Part E Heading Change ECOMPRO Large Flat Rate envelopes to ECOMPRO Large Flat Rate Boxes 24
Agenda Price Changes Domestic Price Changes International Price Changes Competitive 25
Competitive Prices Competitive Prices % Change Priority Mail 3.9% Priority Mail Express 3.9% Parcel Select Heavyweight 4.9% Parcel Select Lightweight (PSLW) 7.0% First-Class Package Service (FCPS) 3.9% Retail Ground 3.9% Parcel Return Service (PRS) 4.9% International 3.9% First-Class Mail Retail Parcels 14.5% 26
Resources POSTALPRO (http://postalpro.usps.com) Technical Specifications & Guides Release Notes POSTAL EXPLORER (http://pe.usps.com) Federal Register Notices Domestic Mail Manual International Mail Manual Postage Statements Proposed Prices 27