{"id":247237,"date":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?p=247237"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:37:22","slug":"new-usps-prices-coming-this-april-for-first-class-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/new-usps-prices-coming-this-april-for-first-class-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"New USPS Prices Coming This April for First Class Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>USPS to Introduce Commercial Base Rates for First Class Parcels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_pact-act_usps-logo-2.gif\" alt=\"blog_pact-act_usps-logo\" class=\"wp-image-618\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The USPS has proposed a rate increase for a number of mail classes including First Class Mail (domestic and international), Media Mail<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">,<\/span> and Parcel Post.&nbsp; While these rates still need to be approved by the Postal Regulatory Committee, they are likely to be approved as they are within the allowable annual increase of 1.7%.&nbsp; If approved, the new rates will go into effect April 17, 2011.&nbsp; Here are some of the major proposed changes for domestic mail:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Average increase across all mail classes is 1.741 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priority and Express rates will not be changed (these rates were changed in the January, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.stamps.com\/2010\/12\/29\/new-usps-postage-rates-this-sunday-january-2-2011\/\">2011 shipping rate change<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-ounce First Class Letters will remain at $0.44 and one-ounce First Class Flats will remain at $0.88; each additional ounce (or half ounce for 3.5 ounce letters) will cost an extra $0.20 (currently additional ounces cost $0.17)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retail rates for First Class Packages will start at $1.71 (currently $1.22)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The USPS will introduce Single-Piece Commercial Base and Commercial Plus Prices for First Class Packages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commercial Base Prices, which are available for online postage, will save shippers $0.15 per mail piece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parcel Post rates will start at $5.10 (currently at $4.90)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media Mail rates will start at $2.41 (currently at $2.38)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>In addition to the changes for domestic mail, the USPS has also proposed changes for First Class International mail services.&nbsp; Here are a some of the important changes regarding First Class Mail International:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Letter prices will change for group one and group two by an average of $0.06<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flat prices will change for all country groups by an average of $0.53<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Package prices will change for all country groups by an average of $0.78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/postcalc.usps.gov\/\">here<\/a> for more information on the proposed USPS rate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS to Introduce Commercial Base Rates for First Class Parcels The USPS has proposed a rate increase for a number of mail classes including First Class Mail (domestic and international), Media Mail, and Parcel Post.&nbsp; While these rates still need to be approved by the Postal Regulatory Committee, they are likely to be approved as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":247238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-247237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carriers-usps","tag-postage-rates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.1 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - 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