The Postal Service™ is proposing price changes for both Market Dominant and Competitive products to become effective on January 27, 2019. We will also see Promotions in 2019.
Also, on October 12, the USPS’ Sharon Owens, VP, Pricing and Costing and Steve Monteith, VP, Marketing the USPS hosted a 2019 Price Change Filing Webinar that gave a high-level overview of the 2019 Price Change filing. To view it, click here.
Here are some of the Mailing Services proposed changes:
| Product | Current | Proposed |
| Letters (1 oz.) | 50 cents | 55 cents |
| Letters additional ounces | 21 cents | 15 cents |
| Letters (metered) | 47 cents | 50 cents |
Here are the proposed domestic Priority Mail Flat Rate® retail price changes:
| Product | Current | Proposed |
| Small Flat Rate Box | $7.20 | $7.90 |
| Medium Flat Rate Box | $13.65 | $14.35 |
| Large Flat Rate Box | $18.90 | $19.95 |
| APO/FPO Large Flat Rate Box | $17.40 | $18.45 |
| Regular Flat Rate Envelope | $6.70 | $7.35 |
| Legal Flat Rate Envelope | $7.00 | $7.65 |
| Padded Flat Rate Envelope | $7.25 | $8.00 |
Next, the PRC must review and approve the price changes. A decision on the proposed Market Dominant price changes is expected by November 13 and a decision on the Competitive price changes is expected by November 9.
For the full list of proposed price changes, click here for the proposed Mailing Services price changes and here for the proposed Shipping Services price changes.