06/24/2025

USPS Proposes Major Classification Changes

Source: Mailers Hub, June 16, 2025

In a June 11 filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Postal Service proposed "to make a series of material changes to the Mail Classification Schedule (MCS) for First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals." In general, those changes include:

• "Introduce new zoned pricing for presorted, origin-entered Marketing Mail letters, flats, and parcels in all products except for Every Door Direct Mai - Retail.
• "Align Outside-Country Periodicals prices with Marketing Mail prices by introducing zoned pricing for origin-entered pieces, eliminating bundle and container prices, and introducing simplified container discounts.
• "Eliminate duplicative ADC sortation rates for First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals and clarify rate table labels by substituting "3-Digit" for "ADC," "AADC," and "SCF" and substituting "Mixed" for Mixed ADC" and Mixed AADC."
• "Eliminate NDC presort discounts for Marketing Mail Parcels, as the Postal Service has eliminated NDC entry and NDC dropship discounts because it no longer intends to process mail in these facilities."

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