82434 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 225 / Friday, November 24, 2023 / Notices 

1USPS Notice of Changes in Rates and 

Classifications of General Applicability for 

Competitive Products, November 15, 2023 (Notice). 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2), the Postal Service 

is obligated to publish the Governors’ Decision and 

record of proceedings in the Federal Register at 

least 30 days before the effective date of the new 

rates. 

2Notice, 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. 23– 

5), at 1 (Governors’ Decision No. 23–5). 

3See United States Postal Service Notice of Errata 

to Application for Nonpublic Treatment 

Accompanying USPS Notice of Changes in Rates 

and Classifications of General Applicability for 

Competitive Products, November 17, 2023. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2024–58 and 

CP2024–59; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 16 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Gregory S. Stanton; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

5. Docket No(s).: MC2024–59 and 

CP2024–60; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 17 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Kenneth R. Moeller; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

6. Docket No(s).: MC2024–60 and 

CP2024–61; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 18 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Kenneth R. Moeller; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

7. Docket No(s).: MC2024–61 and 

CP2024–62; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 19 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Kenneth R. Moeller; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

8. Docket No(s).: MC2024–62 and 

CP2024–63; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 20 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

9. Docket No(s).: MC2024–63 and 

CP2024–64; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 21 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

10. Docket No(s).: MC2024–64 and 

CP2024–65; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 22 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

11. Docket No(s).: MC2024–65 and 

CP2024–66; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 23 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: November 

17, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: November 29, 2023. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2024–52; Order No. 6806] 

Competitive Price Changes 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

recognizing a recently filed Postal 

Service document with the Commission 

concerning changes in rates and 

classifications of general applicability 

for competitive products. This notice 

informs the public of the filing, invites 

public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 1, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction and Overview 

II. Summary of Changes 

III. Initial Administrative Actions 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction and Overview 

On November 15, 2023, the Postal 

Service filed notice with the 

Commission concerning changes in 

rates and classifications of general 

applicability for Competitive products.1

The Postal Service represents that, as 

required by 39 CFR 3035.102(b) and 39 

CFR 3035.104(b), the Notice includes an 

explanation and justification for the 

changes, the effective date, and a 

schedule of the changed rates. Notice at 

1. The changes are scheduled to take 

effect on January 21, 2024. Id. 

Attached to the Notice is Governors’ 

Decision No. 23–5, which states the new 

prices are in accordance with 39 U.S.C. 

3632 and 3633 and 39 CFR 3035.102– 

.104.2 The Governors’ Decision provides 

an analysis of the Competitive products’ 

price and classification changes 

intended to demonstrate that the 

changes comply with 39 U.S.C. 3633 

and 39 CFR part 3035. Governors’ 

Decision No. 23–5 at 1. The Attachment 

to the Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 sets 

forth the classification and price 

changes and includes draft Mail 

Classification Schedule (MCS) language 

for Competitive products of general 

applicability. 

In addition, the Notice includes a 

non-public annex showing FY 2024 

projected volumes, revenues, 

attributable costs, contribution, and cost 

coverage for each product. See Notice at 

1. The Postal Service also filed 

supporting forecast data and price 

adjustment calculations for each 

affected product as required by Order 

No. 1062. Id. 

The Notice also includes an 

application for non-public treatment of 

the unredacted version of the annex to 

the Governors’ Decision, as well as the 

supporting materials for the data.3 Id. at 

1–2. 


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II. Summary of Changes 

The Notice proposes price changes to 

Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, 

Parcel Select, and USPS Ground 

Advantage, and most International 

Products. Id. at 2. Additionally, the 

proposed changes include price 

adjustments to Domestic Extra Services, 

including Premium Forwarding Service, 

Competitive Post Office Boxes, and 

Adult Signature Service among others, 

and a 20 percent price increase in 

certain Nonstandard Fees (NSFs). Id. 

There are two classification changes 

proposed, renaming the Electronic 

Verification System (eVS) Unmanifested 

Fee to simply ‘‘Unmanifested Fee’’ and 

the elimination of Parcel Select 

Lightweight Price Category. Id. at 2–5. 

No other price or classification changes 

are proposed in this docket. See 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 at 2–3. 

The changes are summarized below and 

condensed to Table I–1. 

A. Price Changes 

1. Domestic 

Priority Mail Express changes. The 

proposed changes to the MCS in the 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 show the 

Postal Service’s planned price changes 

for Priority Mail Express. On average, 

Priority Mail Express prices are 

proposed to increase 5.9 percent. See id. 

at 2. For January 2024, the Postal 

Service will maintain the consolidation 

of Commercial Base and Commercial 

Plus price categories into one 

Commercial price category and the 

differentiated ‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices 

and dimensional weighting for all 

zones. Id. The retail prices for Priority 

Mail Express will increase an average of 

5.9 percent. Id. On average, commercial 

prices will increase by 5.9 percent and 

reflect an average of 13.7 percent 

discount off of retail prices. Id. 

Priority Mail changes. The proposed 

changes to the MCS in the Governors’ 

Decision No. 23–5 show the Postal 

Service’s planned price changes for 

Priority Mail. On average, Priority Mail 

prices are proposed to increase 5.7 

percent. See id. at 2. For January 2024, 

the Postal Service will maintain the 

consolidation of Commercial Base and 

Commercial Plus price categories into 

one Commercial price category and the 

differentiated ‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices 

and dimensional weighting for all 

zones. Id. On average, the retail prices 

will increase by 5.6 percent. The 

commercial prices will increase by an 

average of 5.8 percent and reflect an 

average of 20.5 percent discount off 

retail prices. Id. at 3. 

Parcel Select. The proposed changes 

to the MCS in the Governors’ Decision 

No. 23–5 show the Postal Service’s 

planned price changes for Parcel Select. 

On average, Parcel Select prices are 

proposed to increase 5.9 percent. See id. 

at 3. Proposed for January 2024, Parcel 

Select Lightweight will be eliminated as 

a separate price category and instead 

ounce-based prices will be added under 

the destination categories at 4-, 8- and 

12-ounce increments. Id. Parcel Select 

will be expressed in a single price table 

to reflect the elimination of Parcel 

Select Lightweight along with previous 

structural changes in 2023. Id. 

The average price increase for parcels 

entered in destination delivery units, 

destination hubs, destination network 

distribution centers, and destination 

sectional center facilities is 5.9 percent. 

Id. The prices for USPS Connect, 

introduced in 2022, will remain 

unchanged. Id. The Postal Service 

proposes to maintain dimensional 

weighting which was introduced for all 

zones in 2019. 

USPS Ground Advantage. The 

proposed changes to the MCS in the 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 show the 

Postal Service’s planned price changes 

for USPS Ground Advantage overall will 

increase an average of 5.4 percent. Id. 

The retail prices will increase an 

average of 5.2 percent and commercial 

will increase an average of 5.4 percent. 

Id. The Alaska Limited Overland Routes 

price category will increase an average 

of 9.2 percent. Id. at 3–4. 

Domestic Extra Services. The 

proposed changes to the MCS in the 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 show the 

Postal Service’s planned price changes 

for Premium Forwarding Service will 

increase an average of 3.0 percent. Id. at 

4. On average, prices for Address 

Enhancement Service are proposed to 

increase 3.0 percent. Id. The 

Competitive Post Office Box prices will 

increase an average of 6.5 percent. Id. 

2. International 

Expedited Services. The proposed 

changes to the MCS in the Governors’ 

Decision No. 23–5 show the Postal 

Service’s planned price changes for 

Global Express Guaranteed and Priority 

Mail Express International will increase 

an average of 5.4 percent with 

Commercial Plus equivalent to 

Commercial Base. Id. 

Priority Mail International. The 

proposed changes to the MCS in the 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 show the 

Postal Service’s planned price changes 

for Priority Mail International will 

increase an average of 5.4 percent with 

Commercial Plus prices equivalent to 

Commercial Base. Id. 

International Priority Airmail and 

International Surface Air Lift. The 

proposed changes to the MCS in the 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 show the 

Postal Service’s planned published 

price changes for International Priority 

Airmail and International Surface Air 

Lift will have an average increase of 5.5 

percent and 3.5 percent, respectively. 

Id. at 5. 

Airmail M-Bags. The published price 

changes for Airmail M-Bags will 

increase by 5.4 percent. Id. 

First-Class Package International 

Service. The proposed changes to the 

MCS in the Governors’ Decision No. 23– 

5 show the Postal Service’s planned 

price changes for First-Class Package 

International Service will increase an 

average of 6.4 percent with Commercial 

Plus prices equivalent to Commercial 

Base. Id. 

International Ancillary Service and 

Special Services. The proposed changes 

to the MCS in the Governors’ Decision 

No. 23–5 show the Postal Service’s 

planned price changes for several 

international ancillary services. Id. The 

prices for International Certificate of 

Mailing and International Registered 

Mail will increase by an average of 2.5 

percent. Id. The prices for International 

Return Receipt will increase by an 

average of 2.7 percent. Id. Lastly, the 

prices for International Insurance and 

Customs and Clearance Delivery Fee 

will increase by an average of 3.0 

percent. Id. 

B. Classification Changes 

Renaming eVS Unmanifested Fee. 

The ‘‘eVS Unmanifested Fee’’ will be 

renamed as ‘‘Unmanifested Fee’’ to 

accommodate the ongoing migration of 

customers from eVS to the USPS Ship 

platform. Notice at 2. The Postal Service 

plans to retire the eVS platform and 

therefore plans to rename the ‘‘eVS 

Unmanifested Fee’’ to simply 

‘‘Unmanifested Fee.’’ Id. 

Elimination of Parcel Select 

Lightweight. As discussed above, Parcel 

Select Lightweight will be eliminated as 

a separate price category and ouncebased prices will be added under the 

destination entered categories at 4-, 8-, 

and 12-ounce increments. Id. at 4. 

NSFs. The Nonstandard Fees 

applicable to Priority Mail Express, 

Priority Mail, Parcel Select, and USPS 

Ground Advantage will see a 20 percent 

increase in 2024. Id. at 2–4. 


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TABLE I–1—PROPOSED PRICE CHANGES

Product name 

Average price 

increase 

(percent) 

Domestic Competitive Products 

Priority Mail Express ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5.9 

Retail ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5.9 

Commercial ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.9 

Priority Mail .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.7 

Retail ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5.6 

Commercial ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.8 

Parcel Select ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5.9 

Destination Delivery Unit .............................................................................................................................................................. 5.9 

Destination hub ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5.9 

Destination Sectional Center Facility ........................................................................................................................................... 5.9 

Destination Network Distribution Center ...................................................................................................................................... 5.9 

USPS Ground Advantage .................................................................................................................................................................... 5.4 

Retail ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5.2 

Commercial ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.4 

Domestic Extra Services 

Premium Forwarding Service .............................................................................................................................................................. 3.0 

Adult Signature Service: 

Basic ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3.3 

Person-Specific ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3.2 

Competitive Post Office Box ................................................................................................................................................................ 6.5 

Package Intercept Service ................................................................................................................................................................... 3.0 

Address Enhancement Service ........................................................................................................................................................... 3.0 

International Competitive Products 

Global Express Guaranteed ................................................................................................................................................................ 5.4 

Priority Mail Express International ....................................................................................................................................................... 5.4 

Priority Mail International ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5.4 

International Priority Airmail ................................................................................................................................................................. 5.5 

International Surface Air Lift ................................................................................................................................................................ 3.5 

Airmail M-Bags .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5.4 

First-Class Package International Service .......................................................................................................................................... 6.4 

International Ancillary Services and Special Services 

International Ancillary Services ........................................................................................................................................................... 2.7 

International Certificate of Mailing ....................................................................................................................................................... 2.5 

International Insurance ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3.0 

International Registered Mail ............................................................................................................................................................... 2.5 

International Return Receipt ................................................................................................................................................................ 2.7 

Customs and Clearance Delivery Fee ................................................................................................................................................ 3.0 

Source: See Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 at 2–5. 

III. Initial Administrative Actions 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2024–52 to consider the Postal 

Service’s Notice. Interested persons may 

express views and offer comments on 

whether the planned changes are 

consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, 

and 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR 

3040 subparts B and E. Comments are 

due no later than December 1, 2023. For 

specific details of the planned price 

changes, interested persons are 

encouraged to review the Notice, which 

is available on the Commission’s 

website at www.prc.gov. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, 

Christopher C. Mohr is appointed to 

serve as Public Representative to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this docket. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2024–52 to provide interested 

persons an opportunity to express views 

and offer comments on whether the 

planned changes are consistent with 39 

U.S.C. 3632, 3633, and 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3035, and 39 CFR 3040 subparts B 

and E. 

2. Comments are due no later than 

December 1, 2023. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Christopher C. 

Mohr to serve as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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