Postal Service Starts Summer With Strong Service Performance Across All Mail Categories

The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the fiscal third quarter through June 17 showing ongoing strong service performance across First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Periodicals.

Through the first twelve weeks of the third quarter, the average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the nation continues to be just 2.4 days.

Third quarter service performance scores covering April 1 through June 17 included:
*First-Class Mail: 93.5 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
*Marketing Mail: 94.8 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
*Periodicals: 86.3 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 4.8 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
more at: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0624-postal-service-starts-summer-with-strong-service-performance.htm

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