Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 225 / Thursday, November 21, 2024 / Notices 92201 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail 

Express, Priority Mail, and USPS 

Ground Advantage® Negotiated 

Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: 

November 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean C. Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 12, 

2024, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & 

USPS Ground Advantage® Contract 702 

to Competitive Product List. Documents 

are available at www.prc.gov, Docket 

Nos. MC2025–377, K2025–375. 

Sean C. Robinson, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27182 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail and 

USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated 

Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: 

November 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 12, 

2024, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage® Contract 452 to 

Competitive Product List. Documents 

are available at www.prc.gov, Docket 

Nos. MC2025–364, K2025–362. 

Sean Robinson, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27149 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

Change in Rates and Classifications of 

General Applicability for Competitive 

Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of a change in rates and 

classifications of general applicability 

for competitive products. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth changes 

in rates and classifications of general 

applicability for competitive products. 

DATES: Applicability date: January 19, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 13, 2024, pursuant to their 

authority under 39 U.S.C. 3632, the 

Governors of the Postal Service 

established price and classification 

changes for competitive products. The 

Governors’ Decision and the record of 

proceedings in connection with such 

decision are reprinted below in 

accordance with section 3632(b)(2). 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

containing the new prices can be found 

at www.prc.gov. 

Christopher Doyle, 

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance. 

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. 24–7) 

November 13, 2024 

Statement of Explanation and 

Justification 

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. 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. That document contains the 

draft Mail Classification Schedule 

sections with classification changes in 

legislative format, and new prices 

displayed in the price charts. 

As 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. 3633(a)(2)) 

and should result in competitive 

products as a whole complying with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(a)(3), which, as 

implemented by 39 CFR 3035.107(c), 

requires competitive products 

collectively to contribute a minimum of 

9.6 percent to the Postal Service’s 

institutional costs. Accordingly, no 

issue of subsidization of competitive 

products by market dominant products 

should arise (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1)). We 

therefore find that the new prices and 

classification changes are in accordance 

with 39 U.S.C. 3632–3633 and 39 CFR 

3035.102 and 104. 

I. Domestic Products 

A. Priority Mail Express 

Overall, the Priority Mail Express 

price change represents a 3.2 percent 

increase. In 2023, we consolidated the 

Commercial Base and Commercial Plus 

price categories into one Commercial 

price category and differentiated the 

‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices. For January 

2025, this new structure will be 

maintained. Dimensional weighting, 

which was introduced for all zones in 

2019, will also continue in 2025. 

Retail prices will increase an average 

of 3.2 percent. The price for the Retail 

Flat Rate Envelope, a significant portion 

of all Priority Mail Express volume, will 

increase to $31.40, with the Legal Size 

and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes priced 

at $31.65 and $32.25, respectively. 

The Commercial price category will 

increase 3.2 percent on average. 

Commercial prices will, on average, 

reflect a 12.4 percent discount off of 

Retail prices. New for 2025, a Live 

Animal and Perishable Handling Fee of 

$7.50 will be introduced under Priority 

Mail Express to cover the additional 

costs associated with handling and 

transporting these items. 

B. Priority Mail 

On average, the Priority Mail prices 

will be increased by 3.2 percent. Similar 

to Priority Mail Express, the 

Commercial Base and Commercial Plus 

price categories were consolidated into 

one Priority Mail Commercial price 

category and ‘‘Local, 1, 2’’ Zone prices 

were differentiated in 2023. For January 

2025, this new structure will be 

maintained. Dimensional weighting, 

which was introduced for all zones in 

2019, will also continue in 2025. 

Retail prices will increase by an 

average of 3.2 percent. Retail Flat Rate 

Box prices will be: Small, $10.65; 


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Medium, $19.15; Large, $26.30 and 

Large APO/FPO/DPO, $25.05. Thus, the 

Large APO/FPO/DPO Flat Rate Box will 

be $1.25 less than the Large Flat Rate 

Box. The regular Flat Rate Envelope will 

be priced at $10.10, with the Legal Size 

and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes priced 

at $10.40 and $10.85, respectively. 

The Commercial price category will 

increase by 3.2 percent on average. 

Commercial prices will, on average, 

reflect a 20.8 percent discount off of 

Retail prices. New for 2025, a Live 

Animal and Perishable Handling Fee of 

$15.00 will be introduced under Priority 

Mail to cover the additional costs 

associated with handling and 

transporting these items. 

C. Parcel Select 

On average, Parcel Select prices as a 

whole will increase 9.2 percent. For 

destination delivery unit (DDU) entered 

parcels, the average price increase is 

10.3 percent. For destination hub 

(Dhub) entered parcels, the average 

price increase is 0.0 percent. For 

destination sectional center facility 

(DSCF) destination entered parcels, the 

average price increase is 7.1 percent. For 

destination network distribution center 

(DNDC) parcels, the average price 

increase is 9.7 percent. For Connect 

Local, introduced in 2022, the average 

price increase is 5.4 percent. 

Dimensional weighting, which was 

introduced for all zones in 2019, will 

continue in 2025. To account for 

inflation, the fee for Forward and Return 

to Sender will be increased to $3.60, 

while the fee for Address Correction 

Service (ACS) with Shipper Paid 

Forwarding/Returns will be increased to 

$3.00. 

D. USPS Ground Advantage 

USPS Ground Advantage, introduced 

in July 2023, is the Postal Service’s 

flagship ground package product. The 

existing structure will be maintained for 

2025. Overall, USPS Ground Advantage 

prices will increase 3.9 percent on 

average. Retail prices will increase 4.9 

percent on average, while Commercial 

prices will increase 3.2 percent on 

average. The Alaska Limited Overland 

Routes (LOR) price category will see a 

9.0 percent average increase for January 

2025. New for 2025, a Live Animal and 

Perishable Handling Fee of $7.50 will be 

introduced under USPS Ground 

Advantage to cover our additional 

handling costs for these items. 

F. Domestic Extra Services 

Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) 

prices will increase 6.1 percent on 

average in 2025. The retail counter 

enrollment fee will increase to $26.85. 

The online enrollment option, 

introduced in 2014, will increase to 

$24.70. The weekly reshipment fee will 

increase to $27.80. The reshipment fee 

for PFS Local, which was introduced in 

2019 for P.O. Box customers, will 

increase to $27.80. Prices for Adult 

Signature service will decrease to $8.40 

for the basic service and $8.65 for the 

person-specific service. Address 

Enhancement Service prices will 

increase 8.9 percent on average in 2025. 

Competitive Post Office Box prices will 

be increasing 5.7 percent on average, 

within the existing price ranges. 

Package Intercept Service will increase 

to $18.35. The Pickup On Demand fee 

will remain unchanged for 2025, at 

$26.50. Premium Data Retention and 

Retrieval Service (USPS Tracking Plus), 

which was introduced in 2020, will 

have its prices increase 86.3 percent on 

average in 2025. The fee for Label 

Delivery Service, introduced in 2023 

under the Competitive Ancillary 

Services product, will remain at $1.55 

for 2025. 

Finally, in 2025, the fee for deterring 

overweight/oversized items found in the 

system will be increased from $100.00 

to $200.00. The upper bounds for the 

price ranges for Greeting Cards and 

Stationery and Officially Licensed Retail 

Products will be increased to 

accommodate current and future 

offerings. 

II. International Products 

A. Expedited Services 

PMEI will be subject to an overall 4.9 

percent increase. Commercial Plus 

prices will be equivalent to Commercial 

Base. 

B. Priority Mail International 

The overall increase for Priority Mail 

International (PMI) will be 4.9 percent. 

Commercial Plus prices will be 

equivalent to Commercial Base. 

C. International Priority Airmail and 

International Surface Air Lift 

Published prices for International 

Priority Airmail (IPA) and International 

Surface Air Lift (ISAL) will increase by 

4.9 percent and 28.9 percent, 

respectively. 

D. Airmail M-Bags 

The published prices for Airmail MBags will remain the same on average 

and not increase, although a few prices 

will change slightly. 

E. First-Class Package International 

ServiceTM 

The overall increase for First-Class 

Package International Service (FCPIS) 

prices will be 4.9 percent. Commercial 

Plus prices will be equivalent to 

Commercial Base. 

F. International Ancillary Services and 

Special Services 

Prices for several international 

ancillary services will be increased, 

including a 5.0 percent increase for 

International Certificate of Mailing, a 

10.0 percent decrease for International 

Insurance, a 4.8 percent increase for 

International Registered Mail, and a 3.5 

percent increase for the Customs and 

Clearance Delivery Fee. 

Order 

The changes in prices and classes set 

forth herein shall be effective at 12:01 

a.m. on January 19, 2025. We direct the 

Secretary of the Board of Governors 

Office to have this decision published in 

the Federal Register in accordance with 

39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2) and direct 

management to file with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission appropriate 

notice of these changes. 

By The Governors: 

/s/ 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Roman Martinez IV, 

Chairman, Board of Governors. 

United States Postal Service Office of 

the Board of Governors 

Certification of Governors’ Vote on 

Governors’ Decision No. 24–7 

Consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632(a), I 

hereby certify that, on November 13, 

2024, the Governors voted on adopting 

Governors’ Decision No. 24–7, and that 

a majority of the Governors then holding 

office voted in favor of that Decision. 

Date: November 13, 2024. 

/s/ 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Michael J. Elston, 

Secretary of the Board of Governors. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27132 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail 

Express, Priority Mail, and USPS 

Ground Advantage® Negotiated 

Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 


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