Parcel - January/February 2009 - (Page 24)

The impact is as follows for zones 306–308: International 500-999 LBS 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 While early morning, morning and end-of-day delivery times have become the standard within the United States, importers and exporters have long had only one or two time-of-day delivery options for international air shipments. UPS continues to expand its services in lanes between the United States and Asia, Europe and the Americas, giving businesses three time-of-day delivery options in the world’s busiest cities. These services are: • UPS Worldwide Express Plus (guaranteed delivery by 8:30 AM to Canada and 9 AM to all other destinations) - Next business day to Canada - Two business days to Europe - Two or three business days to Asia Add $40.00 to the appropriate Worldwide Express export rate. • UPS Worldwide Express (guaranteed delivery by 10:30 AM or noon, depending on destination) - Next business day to Canada and for documents to Mexico - Two business days to Europe and Latin America - Two or three business days to Asia Letter export rate increased, on average, 4.6% and from $0.65 –$4.75 (2.2–7.1%), depending on the zone. Package export rates increased an average of 6.0% with a range of 3.9–8.1%. • UPS Worldwide Saver (guaranteed delivery end-of-day) - Next business day to Canada and for documents to Mexico - Two business days to Europe and Latin America - Typically within two or three business days to Asia The export rates for this service average a meager 4.0% off of Worldwide Express packages. • Worldwide Expedited (guaranteed delivery end-of-day) - Two business day to Canada - Three business days to Mexico - Three or four business days to Europe - Four or ﬁve business days to Asia and Latin America The package export rates for this service increased an average of 6.0%. • Standard To Canada (guaranteed delivery end-of-day) - Within two to six business days to Canada The package export rates for this service increased an average of 4.9%. But as we have seen with so many other services, the lowest weights (1–15 pounds) increased 6.9%, on average. PERCENT INCREASE TIER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 200-499 LBS 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.4 Ground Fuel Surcharge applies to all domestic and international transportation charges for the following services: Ground Commercial, Ground Residential, Hundredweight Ground Service and Standard To Canada. The surcharge also applies to the following accessorial charges (where applicable): • Pick-up • Return Services • International Extended Area • Delivery • Residential Surcharge • Large Package Air and International Fuel Surcharge applies to all domestic and international transportation charges for the following services: Next Day Air Early A.M., Next Day Air, Next Day Air Saver, 2nd Day Air A.M., 2nd Day Air, 3 Day Select, Next Day Air Freight, 2nd Day Air Freight, Worldwide Express Plus, Worldwide Express, Worldwide Saver and Worldwide Expedited. The surcharge also applies to the following accessorial charges (where applicable): • Pick-up • Return Services • Next Day Early A.M./Express Plus • International Extended Area • Delivery • Residential Delivery • Saturday Delivery and Pick-up • Large Package UPS uses index-based surcharges that are adjusted monthly. Changes to the surcharges are effective the ﬁrst Monday of each month and posted approximately two weeks prior to the effective date. The Ground surcharge is based on the National U.S. Average On Highway Diesel Fuel Prices reported by the U.S. Department of Energy for the month that is two months prior to the adjustment. For example, the surcharge for January 2009 is based on the November 2008 National U.S. Average on Highway Diesel Fuel Price. The Air and International surcharge is based on the U.S. Gulf Coast prices for kerosene-type jet fuel reported by the U.S. Department of Energy for the month that is two months prior to the adjustment. You can ﬁnd current fuel surcharges on ups.com. Since UPS has parsed every other pricing component, it is unfair shippers must pay the high Air fuel surcharge for those Air packages that are transported over-the-road. As you are aware, a high percentage of so-called “Air” packages never see the belly of an airplane. They simply travel in trailers along with the Ground packages, yet shippers must still pay the high Air fuel surcharge anyway. Dear Mr. UPS, how about applying the ground fuel surcharge for those Air packages that travel over-the-road? You can make that happen with your powerful computers, if you wanted! Accessorial Charges Many of the Accessorial Charges stayed the same. However, nine Accessorial Charges have increased, and some of them were hefty. These include Additional Handling, Address Correction — Ground, Declared Value, Delivery Area Surcharge, Delivery Conﬁrmation Responses, Hazardous Material, Residential Surcharges, Saturday Delivery and Pick-up and Weekly Pick-up Charge. The following summarizes the changes: 2009 $7.50 $8.00 $0.65 $1.95 $1.60 $2.40 $1.60 $2.65 $1.75 2008 $6.50 $6.00 $0.60 $1.80 $1.50 $2.30 $1.50 $2.30 $1.50 Increase 15.4% 33.0% 8.3% 8.3% 6.7% 4.4% 6.7% 15.2% 16.7% Additional Handling Address Correction - Ground Declared Value - $100.01–$50,000 Minimum Charge Delivery Area Surcharge - Commercial - Residential - Extended Commercial - Extended Residential Delivery Conﬁrmation Response 24 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2009 / www.PARCELindustry.com http://www.ups.com http://www.PARCELindustry.com

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