{"id":347242,"date":"2026-03-25T19:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/usps-seeks-temporary-8-charge-on-priority-mail-and-other-products"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:48:22","slug":"usps-seeks-temporary-8-charge-on-priority-mail-and-other-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/usps-seeks-temporary-8-charge-on-priority-mail-and-other-products","title":{"rendered":"USPS seeks non permanent 8% cost on Precedence Mail and different merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">WASHINGTON &#8212; <\/span>The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a temporary 8% charge on certain popular products, including Priority Mail, to help blunt the impact of rising transportation costs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">USPS filed notice on Wednesday with the Postal Regulatory Commission seeking the price increase, which would take effect on April 26 and remain in place until Jan. 17, 2027, pending final approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThis temporary price adjustment will provide needed flexibility for the Postal Service by helping to ensure that the actual costs of doing business are covered, as required by Congress,\u201d the agency said in a news release, noting that its competitors have reacted to rising fuel prices with \u201ca number of surcharges.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cWe have steadfastly avoided surcharges and this charge is less than one-third of what our competitors charge for fuel alone,\u201d the agency said in a statement. If approved, the price increase would affect Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select. No other products or services would be affected, including First-Class Stamps, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The notice comes as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/postal-service-budget-cuts-mail-delivery-congress-d44d9d156aad4aefb9b867cd415cd5ac\">Postmaster General David Steiner has warned<\/a> Congress that the Postal Service, which has seen letter volumes plummet, will run out of cash within a year unless lawmakers lift a decades-old cap and allow the independent agency to borrow more money. Steiner favors other reforms as well, including the authority to raise postage prices high enough to cover losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/usps-seeks-temporary-8-charge-priority-mail-products-131415651\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a temporary 8% charge on certain popular products, including Priority Mail, to help blunt the impact of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1674,3956,20396,3958,22229,20399,24546,20400,20401,636],"class_list":["post-347242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-congress","tag-courier-postal-air-freight-land-based-logistics-nec","tag-david-steiner","tag-express-mail","tag-gas-costs","tag-postmaster-general","tag-transportation-prices","tag-u-s-postal-service","tag-united-states-postal-service","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347244,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347242\/revisions\/347244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}