{"id":29811,"date":"2020-12-12T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29811"},"modified":"2020-12-12T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T14:47:43","slug":"usps-price-changes-take-effect-jan-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/12\/12\/usps-price-changes-take-effect-jan-24\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Price Changes Take Effect Jan. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USPS 12\/11\/20 &#8211; The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved the price changes that USPS proposed in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>The changes will raise Shipping Services product prices approximately 3.5 percent for Priority Mail service and 1.2 percent for Priority Mail Express service, while Mailing Services product prices would rise approximately 1.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The changes, which the Postal Service proposed in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.usps.com%2F2020%2F10%2F09%2Fnew-prices-11%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7C7084a0a047da48d5e93f08d89de863c4%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637432968720236240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=9s5ROyhLKj%2Bo%2BNDMY4PRb2AKU%2BQIHLZZXqUPh32s0pI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>October<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.usps.com%2F2020%2F11%2F16%2Fnew-prices-13%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7C7084a0a047da48d5e93f08d89de863c4%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637432968720236240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=oHMD1%2FZ6oUFelS%2FXjf3S4UYqejQoc8jFqT04F7XDHv8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>November<\/em><\/a>, will take effect Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpe.usps.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7C7084a0a047da48d5e93f08d89de863c4%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637432968720236240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=NNKaKAgWqoV3kiix5p6g8K%2B7DOzuumvoILG0zRxCkM4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Postal Explorer website<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has a list of the price changes. USPS will provide employees with additional information before the changes take effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28638\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS 12\/11\/20 &#8211; The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved the price changes that USPS proposed in the fall. The changes will raise Shipping Services product prices approximately 3.5 percent for Priority Mail service and 1.2 percent for Priority Mail Express service, while Mailing Services product prices would rise approximately 1.7 percent. 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