Summary of Major Carrier Rate Changes 2017

By Rob Zaleski
Dec 14, 2016

To see 2018 rate information for all carriers, please visit our most recent article here.

Summary of Shipping Rate Changes
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This is a summary of the major shipping changes propsed by USPS, UPS, and FedEx that are set to go live beginning December 26th, 2016, and into 2017. Each carrier is increasing rates across their most popular shipping services, and increasing rate surcharges for order and service types commonly used in the eCommerce industry.

Sources:
USPS:
http://www.prc.gov/docs/97/97526/Notice%20CP2017-20.pdf
UPS:
Rates: http://rates.ups.com/index.html
Surcharges: http://rates.ups.com/surcharges.html
Fuel Surcharges: https://www.ups.com/content/us/en/shipping/cost/zones/fuel_surcharge.html
FedEx:
http://images.fedex.com/us/services/pdf/FedEx_StandardListRates_2017.pdf
Surcharges: http://www.fedex.com/us/shipping-rates/surcharges-and-fees.html
Dimensional Weight Changes: http://www.fedex.com/us/shipping-rates/other-changes.html