Today announced package shipping rate adjustments for 2003, consistent with those of recent years for daily customers, that will take effect in the United States on Jan. 6, 2003.
UPS Next Day Air® will increase 3.2 percent and UPS Worldwide Express® will increase 2.9 percent for U.S. export shipments. Rates for UPS’s U.S. commercial ground services will increase 3.9 percent, with the residential surcharge changing from $1.10 to $1.15.
The rumored acquisition of the Estafeta courier company by UPS (United Parcel Service) is now seen as a serious proposition, with the US company readying to become the leader of the Mexican market, which moves 490,000 m tons of packages per year. UPS plans to open its second distribution center, in Monterrey, which will help make its costs and operations more efficient. The company is also developing its First International Bank operations, as well as improving its security systems.
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