January 2012 Proposed USPS Rate Increases

The United States Postal Service has presented to the Postal Rate Commission their recommendations for postage increases which would be effective Jan 22nd 2012. Below are the percentage increase requests by service level:

FIRST CLASS MAIL PRODUCTS
PRODUCT	PERCENT CHANGE
Single-Piece Letters & Cards	2.468
Presort Letters & Cards	1.580
Flats	1.605
Parcels	10.882
International	4.676

STANDARD MAIL PRODUCTS
PRODUCT	PERCENT CHANGE
Letters	1.867
Flats	2.209
Parcels	2.864
High Density/Saturation Letters	2.298
High Density/Saturation Flats and Parcels	2.878
Carrier Route	2.425
Overall	2.124

PERIODICALS PRODUCTS
PRODUCT	PERCENT CHANGE
Outside County	2.136
Within County	2.054
Overall	2.133

PACKAGE SERVICES PRODUCTS
PRODUCT	PERCENT CHANGE
Single Piece Parcel Post	2.472
BPM Flats	0.504
BPM Parcels	1.886
Media Mail and Library Mail	2.581
Inbound Surface Parcel Post	1.958
Overall	2.133