USPS Unveils Secret-Rate Global Shipping Option
Published Date: 4/28/2025
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Summary
The Postal Service wants to add a new special shipping option called Global Expedited Package Services with secret rates to its competitive products. The Commission is asking for public feedback and starting the review process to make this happen. This change affects businesses and customers who use fast international shipping and could speed up how new postal products get approved.
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New Secret-Rate Global Expedited Shipping
If you run a business or buy fast international shipping, the Postal Service has filed to add a new product called Global Expedited Package Services—Non-Published Rates 17 to its competitive list. The product would use non-published (secret) rates and the Commission has opened a review and invited public comment; the filing could speed how new postal products get approved.
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