The price for the Retail Flat Rate Envelope, a significant portion of all Priority Mail Express volume, will increase to $28.75, with the Legal Size and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes priced at $28.95 and $29.45, respectively. Retail prices will increase an average of 6.7 percent. Dimensional weighting, which was introduced for all zones in 2019, will continue in 2023. No other structural changes are proposed. The Local zone will be eliminated, and separate prices will be established for Zone 1 and Zone 2. Also new for 2023, the zoned prices for the existing “Local, 1, 2” Zone will be differentiated. The Commercial Base and Commercial Plus price categories, which have had equivalent prices since 2016, will be consolidated into one Priority Mail Express Commercial price category for 2023. Overall, the Priority Mail Express price change represents a 6.6 percent increase. We therefore find that the new prices and classification changes are in accordance with 39 U.S.C. Accordingly, no issue of subsidization of competitive products by market dominant products should arise ( 39 U.S.C. 107(c), requires competitive products collectively to contribute a minimum of 10.4 percent to the Postal Service's institutional costs. 3633(a)(2)) and should result in competitive products as a whole complying with 39 U.S.C. That document contains the draft Mail Classification Schedule sections with classification changes in legislative format, and new prices displayed in the price charts.Īs shown in the nonpublic annex being filed under seal herewith, the changes we establish should enable each competitive product to cover its attributable costs ( 39 U.S.C. The changes are described generally below, with a detailed description of the changes in the Postal Service's associated draft Mail Classification Schedule change document. Pursuant to authority under section 3632 of title 39, as amended by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (“PAEA”), we establish prices and classifications of general applicability for the Postal Service's competitive products. NovemStatement of Explanation and Justification End Signature Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on Changes in Rates and Classifications of General Applicability for Competitive Products (Governors' Decision No. 22-6Ĭhief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance. CERTIFICATION OF GOVERNORS' VOTE ON GOVERNORS' DECISION NO.UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.International Ancillary Services and Special Services First-Class Package International ServiceTM International Priority Airmail and International Surface Air Lift
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