Overall price increase for Market Dominant products proposed is 6.9% (plus an additional 2% for “underwater” products/classes)
First-Class Mail Highlights:
o FCM Full Rate Letters: 58 cents (currently 55 cents)
o FCM Additional Ounce rate remains unchanged at 20 cents
o FCM Meter Letter Rate: 53 cents (currently 51 cents)
o FCM MAADC Auto Letter Rate: 48.5 cents (currently 45 cents)
o FCM AADC Auto Letter Rate: 46.1 cents (currently 42.8 cents)
o FCM 5D Auto Letter Rate: 42.6 cents (currently 39.8 cents)
o Nonmachinable surcharge for letters: increase from current 20 cents to 30
o New rate structure for Nonautomation Machinable and Nonmachinable letters
Marketing Mail Highlights:
o New 1-cent discount for High Density Flats prepared on 5-Digit (direct) pallets
o Marketing Mail increases range from 5.2% (EDDM) to 9.3% (parcels)
o Marketing Mail letters receive slightly lower than average percent increase for the class — Flats, Parcels and Carrier Route receive an additional 2% increase above the class average, as directed by the PRC
Promotions — to be offered in 2022
o Earned Value Reply Mail; Emerging & Advanced Technology; Informed Delivery; Mobile Shopping; Personalized Color Transpromo; and Tactile, Sensory, and Interactive Engagement.
o Four of the promotions (i.e., Earned Value Reply Mail, Tactile Sensory and Interactive Engagement, Emerging & Advanced Technology, and Informed Delivery) apply to both First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail pieces. The Personalized Color Transpromo promotion applies only to First-Class Mail pieces, and the Mobile Shopping and Tactile, Sensory, promotion applies only to Marketing Mail pieces.
o The Informed Delivery promotion will be extended from 3 to 5 months while the discount increases from 2 to 4 percent
o The discount for Personalized Color Transpromo will increase from 2 to 3 percent
o Approximately 15 percent of Emerging & Advanced Technology promotional mail volume is projected to qualify for a 3 percent discount instead of the current 2 percent discount based on the technology used to qualify for the promotion.
o An increased discount (from 2 to 4 percent) for the Tactile, Sensory and Interactive Engagement discount
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