Notice2023-10374
Change in Rates and Classes of General Applicability for Competitive Products
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Published
May 16, 2023
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Postal Service
Abstract
This notice sets forth changes in rates and classifications of general applicability for competitive products.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31292-31293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10374]
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POSTAL SERVICE
Change in Rates and Classes of General Applicability for
Competitive Products
AGENCY: Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP>.
ACTION: Notice of a change in rates and classifications of general
applicability for competitive products.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth changes in rates and classifications of
general applicability for competitive products.
DATES: Applicable: July 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Reed, 202-268-3179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9, 2023, pursuant to their authority
under 39 U.S.C. 3632, the Governors of the Postal Service established
prices and classification changes for competitive products. The
Governors' Decision and the record of proceedings in connection with
such decision are reprinted below in accordance with section
3632(b)(2). Mail Classification Schedule language containing the new
prices and classification changes can be found at <a href="http://www.prc.gov">www.prc.gov</a>.
Tram T. Pham,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on
Changes in Rates and Classifications of General Applicability for
Competitive Products (Governors' Decision No. 23-3)
May 9, 2023
Statement of Explanation and Justification
Pursuant to authority under section 3632 of title 39, as amended by
the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (``PAEA''), we
establish prices and classifications of general applicability for the
Postal Service's competitive products. The changes are described
generally below, with a detailed description of the changes in the
Postal Service's associated draft Mail Classification Schedule change
document. That document contains the draft Mail Classification Schedule
sections with classification changes in legislative format, and new
prices displayed in the price charts.
As shown in the nonpublic annex being filed under seal herewith,
the changes we establish should enable each competitive product to
cover its attributable costs (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(2)) and should result
in competitive products as a whole complying with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(3),
which, as implemented by 39 CFR 3035.107(c), requires competitive
products collectively to contribute a minimum of 10.4 percent to the
Postal Service's institutional costs. Accordingly, no issue of
subsidization of competitive products by market dominant products
should arise (39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1)). We therefore find that the new
prices and classification changes are in accordance with 39 U.S.C.
3632-3633 and 39 CFR 3035.102 and 104.
I. Domestic Products
A. Priority Mail Express
Priority Mail Express prices will remain unchanged for July 2023,
and the existing structure of Retail and Commercial price categories
will be maintained.
B. Priority Mail
Priority Mail prices will remain unchanged for July 2023, and the
existing structure of Retail and Commercial price categories will be
maintained.
C. Parcel Select
On average, Parcel Select prices as a whole will increase 1.4
percent. Prices for destination-entered non-Lightweight Parcel Select,
the Postal Service's bulk ground shipping product, will increase 2.1
percent on average. For destination delivery unit (DDU) entered
parcels, prices will remain unchanged. For destination sectional center
facility (DSCF) destination entered parcels, the average price increase
is 5.7 percent. For destination network distribution center (DNDC)
parcels, the average price increase is 0.9 percent. No additional price
changes for destination hub (DHub) parcels are planned beyond what we
previously established in Governors' Decision 23-2. Prices for Parcel
Select Lightweight will decrease by 0.1 percent on average. Prices for
USPS Connect Local, introduced in 2022, will remain unchanged for 2023.
To accommodate mailers' concerns regarding programming changes, the
Postal Service will maintain its ounce-based prices at 15.999 ounces,
as well as including a one-pound price. No other structural changes are
proposed.
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D. First-Class Package Service (Renamed USPS Ground Advantage)
Consistent with the prior order of the Postal Regulatory Commission
in October of 2022, the Postal Service intends to implement the
enhanced and expanded First-Class Package Service (FCPS) product.
Beginning on July 9, 2023, FCPS will be extended up to seventy pounds,
will incorporate USPS Retail Ground (including Limited Overland Routes)
and Parcel Select Ground (including cubic pricing), and will be renamed
USPS Ground Advantage. Minor price changes are planned for FCPS as it
transitions to USPS Ground Advantage in July 2023. Prices for the
Limited Overland Routes (LOR) will remain unchanged. As the newly-
constituted USPS Ground Advantage product, customers will see a 3.2
percent decrease in Retail prices and 0.7 percent decrease in
Commercial prices for July 2023. To accommodate mailers' concerns
regarding programming changes, the Postal Service will maintain its
ounce-based prices at 15.999 ounces, as well as including a one-pound
price. No other structural changes are proposed.
F. Domestic Extra Services
Domestic Special Services prices will remain unchanged for July
2023.
II. International Products
A. International Ancillary Services and Special Services
Prices for several international ancillary services will be
increased, with an average overall increase of 6.3 percent.
No other price or classification changes for International Products
are being made.
Order
The changes in prices and classes set forth herein shall be
effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 9, 2023. We direct the Secretary to
have this decision published in the Federal Register in accordance with
39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2) and direct management to file with the Postal
Regulatory Commission appropriate notice of these changes.
By The Governors:
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Roman Martinez IV,
Chairman, Board of Governors.
United States Postal Service Office of the Board of Governors
Certification of Governors' Vote on Governors' Decision No. 23-3
Consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632(a), I hereby certify that, on May 9,
2023, the Governors voted on adopting Governors' Decision No. 23-3, and
that a majority of the Governors then holding office voted in favor of
that Decision.
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Date: May 9, 2023,
Michael J. Elston,
Secretary of the Board of Governors.
[FR Doc. 2023-10374 Filed 5-15-23; 8:45 am]
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