The United States Postal Service reported new service delivery performance metrics showing stable service performance for First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Periodicals through the first nine weeks of the fiscal first quarter.
The network continues to operate smoothly with the busiest mailing and shipping week fast approaching. Between Nov. 25 and Dec. 8, the Postal Service accepted 4.9 billion mail and packages for delivery. Overall, heading into the busiest mailing and shipping week, average days to deliver a mailpiece was 2.7 days.
The Postal Service anticipates that between 850 million and 950 million packages will be delivered for the holidays. The total number of letters, cards and packages processed and delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is estimated to be more than 12 billion.
First quarter-to-date service performance scores covering the period Oct. 1 through Dec. 3 included:
*First-Class Mail: 90.1 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 2.4 percentage points from the fourth quarter.
*Marketing Mail: 92.2 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fourth quarter.
*Periodicals: 82.6 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, consistent with performance from the fourth quarter.
more at: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/1210-usps-reports-stable-service-performance.htm