Cross-Border Postal Rates Will Increase on July 1 (mytotalretail.com)

Cross-border shipping rates will go up for many U.S. shippers on July 1. This change comes after countries began to self-declare postal rates based on the deal reached by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in September, Supply Chain Dive reported.

Many postage sellers, consolidators and other cross-border service providers such as FedEx, UPS and Stamps.com, received new contracts from USPS last month, but many haven’t yet alerted shippers of the change. Without direct communication from service providers, shippers may be confused when their rates go up, unsure what the increase is for. Supply Chain Dive reported that any business that is a bulk cross-border shipper will see a rate increase.

The timeline for self-declaring rates doesn’t align with the usual January USPS contract renewals, so contract rates won’t match with the visible retail rate increase at the post office. Therefore, shippers are waiting on some type of communication from USPS to explain more details.
https://www.mytotalretail.com/article/cross-border-postal-rates-will-increase-on-july-1/

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