FedEx announces 2018 shipping rate increases
The various FedEx divisions have announced shipping rate increases that will come into effect on 1 January 2018. There will be an average increase of 4.9% for most services across the FedEx portfolio.
FedEx Express will increase shipping rates by an average of 4.9% for U.S. domestic, U.S. export and U.S. import services, but FedEx One Rate pricing will increase by an average of 3.5%.
FedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx Freight shipping rates will increase by an average of 4.9%.
In addition to the New Year shipping rate increases, FedEx also announced some more changes that will come into effect from 22 January:
- a Third Party Billing Surcharge will apply to FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipments that are billed to a third party
- applicable criteria and pricing for packages that require additional handling, are oversized, or are unauthorized, will change
- FedEx SmartPost will apply dimensional weight pricing, and the Non-Machinable Surcharge will change
- FedEx Freight will implement an Over Length Surcharge of $85 per shipment and will be applied to shipments with dimensions of 8 feet or greater and less than 12 feet.
Details of all changes to rates and surcharges are available at: http://fedex.com/rates2018
