Required as of August 1, 2007:
Primary number in address must DPV match to get a delivery point barcode & automation discount. Some mailers have predicted a 1-3% affect on their addresses.

Address Quality - MOVE UPDATE

Federal Register Notice published in April, 2007
Extends the Move Update Requirement to Standard Mail
Currently only for First Class and will require updating names every 95 days for FCM & STD are currently 180 days

USPS will give 18 months advance notice to implement after they announce the official rules change.

Why the Move Update Requirement?

America is on the move & growing…
Currently there are 145 million total addresses and each year, 1.8 million new addresses are added when each year, 41 million Americans move

UAA MAIL COSTS THE USPS BILLIONS. Last year 9.724 Billions of mailpieces were UAA at a cost of $1.856 Billion

Summary by Class of Mail

EXPRESS MAIL
New 1# rate (Flat Rate envelope will still be the ½# rate)

Priority Mail
Flat Rate Envelope un-zoned 1# rate - $4.60
Flat Rate Box made a permanent product $8.95
Separation of zone 3 from Zones 1+2
(Rates are the same for zones 1, 2)

Priority Mail - Balloon & Dimensional Rates

Balloon Rate – Large Lightweight boxes
Only affects zones 1-4
New rate is the 20# rate

Dimensional Rate – Dim Weight Pricing
Only affects zones 5-8
Converts the cubic size of a piece into a weight equivalent –
Not used for Priority Mail Drop Ship (open & distribute)
 

First Class Mail Shape Based Pricing

Current Rates de-emphasize weight
2 ounce Letter $ .58  (old rate $ .63)
2 ounce Flat $ .97  (old rate $ .63)
2 ounce Parcel $1.30  (old rate $ .63)

Presort – 1 OUNCE
Letters $ .373    Flats $ .699
2nd ounce rate reduced
$ .17 for single piece + add’l ounces
$ .125 for auto letters only
$ .17 for non-auto letters/flats & parcels

Weight limit for letters is 3.5 oz -Over 3.5 oz pays Flat Rates
Weight limit for Flats & Parcels is 13 oz - Over 13 oz pays Priority Mail Rates

Parcel Rates – New Category –
Requires a 5-Digit UCC/EAN Code 128 Barcode or Postnet Barcode
If no barcode applied, there is a $ .05 surcharge. A surcharge also applies to parcels less than 2 oz & irregularly shaped parcels, such as tubes or rolls unless prepared in 5-digit scheme or 5-digit containers.
Automated Carrier Route rate eliminated for letters & cards
 

Flat size pieces that are rigid, or are not ‘uniform in thickness’ or exceed any of the dimensions of a flat will pay the Parcel Rate

Letter size pieces above 3.5 oz rr that exceed one or more of the dimensions of a letter will pay the Flat Rate (as long as they don’t exceed the flat dimensions)

Nonmachinable Surcharge for letters is $ .17. The USPS’ additional costs are included in the 1 oz flat-size postage rate.

Standard Mail

Separate shape-based rates – Letters, Flats, Parcels Not-Flat Machinable NFM

Residual Shape Surcharge eliminated
Pieces not meeting the definition of a letter or a flat are subject to parcel prices.

Non-machinable surcharge for letters replaced by non-machinable letter rate up to 3.3 oz

Non-machinable letters over 3.3 oz
Pay Flat Rate or NFM Rate
Or, if barcoded & meet other requirements, can pay automation flat-size rate

Surcharge added for non-barcoded parcels
and NFM’s not placed in 5-digit/Scheme containers

Customized Market Mail (CMM)- $ .46 per pc

Standard Mail - Destination Entry

New DDU Discount for Non-automation NFM pieces and parcels, DDU Entry Discount eliminated for ECR Letters.

Per piece entry discount is better BMC $33/M  SCF $42/M

Standard  - Enhanced Carrier Route

DDU Discount eliminated for Letters –
No more letters Drop Shipped or entered at the DDU
Exception – ‘simplified’ max. of 2,500 pieces of DDU per day
Can NOT pay ECR flat size rates and claim the DDU discount for automation compatible letters

Maximum size of ECR Flats – same as other flats 12”x15”x3/4”

No NFM category in Carrier Route. Pieces that are not letter or flat will pay ECR Parcel rates

Saturation Flats addressed with Detached Address Labels will pay a $ .015 surcharge on the DAL

Automation Carrier Route letter rate eliminated

ECRLOT letters MUST be automation compatible New questions to ask for tray tags & prep
  - ECR letters up to 3 oz that are barcoded AND automation-compatible sorted in full trays according to new preparation standards 245.6.7
  - ECR letters that are NOT Barcoded or NOT AUTOMATION COMPATIBLE or that are over 3 ounces as currently do under 245.6.6 and Pay Flat rates if over 3.3 oz.

ECRWSS & ECRWSH are required to be automation compatible & barcoded
Bundles of pieces (245.6.6) (Non-automation)
Fuller trays with un-bundles barcoded pieces (245.6.7)

Standard  Mail - NFM Preperation

2 different sets of preparation requirements based on weight:

Under 6 ounces - $ .05 surcharge if the piece does not have a UCC/EAN 128 barcode

Over 6 ounces – $ .05 surcharge if the piece does not have a UCC/EAN 128 barcode, unless prepared in 5-digit/scheme containers
 

Standard  Parcels

There are separate prices for parcels with different preparation guidelines for machinable & irregular parcels.
Parcels over 6 oz that do not have a UCC/EAN 128 barcode will be charged a $ .05 surcharge unless placed in 5-digit/scheme containers.
 

Package Services

Bound Printed Matter, Library Mail, Media Mail, Parcel Post/Parcel Select

The PRC recommended lower rates for BPM and Media Mail
BPM single piece +7.1% to +10.4%
Presort +13.5% to +20.1% per piece
Per Pound rates +20.1% to 28.4% per pound
Destination Entry has lower rates
Media Mail -5.7% to 34%

Fees

Mailing and Permit Fees
Are now $175
Annual Accounting Fee is $550

Business Reply Mail
Some fees increased 2.9% to 7.7%
Some fees decreased 8% to 37.5%
 

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Superior Mailing Services, Inc.

6755 South Sayre Ave.
Bedford Park, IL. 60638-4724

Phone: (708) 728-0101
Fax: (708) 728-1070