Complete “Current-Versus-New” Pricing Analysis
Overall, it looks to be the standard 3 to 4 % increase over last year. However, a few very big changes are worth noting:
Like last year, Flats again seem to be the hardest hit. The 3-Digit sortation level of First Class automated Flats increased a little over 13%. Standard Automated Flats at the AADC level saw a little over 11% increase in postage.
Perhaps the hardest hit, though was a restructuring of sortation levels on Not Flat Machine-able (NFM) Flats eliminating 5-digit and 3-digit sortation categories altogether unless mailers are willing to foot the trucking charges to ship the mail to it’s BMC, SCF or DDU destinations. This restructuring of sortation levels effectively increased the cost of this type of mail piece as much as 92% for standard mail regular and an astounding 148% for Non-Profit Mail.
On the up side, two categories actually decreased in cost by 4 to 6% - Non-Automated, Non-Machine-able Standard Regular and Non-Profit Letters.
Below is a line-by-line analysis of last year’s versus this year’s postage rates for the most commonly used mail categories. This analysis only shows the non-destination entry rates.
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Postage Analysis - May 2009
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2008
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5/11/2009
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Price
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Price
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Chng
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% Chng
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First Class - Single Piece (1 oz or less)
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$0.420
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$0.440
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$0.020
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4.7619%
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Presorted 1st Class Cards (Automated)
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5-Digit
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$0.199
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$0.205
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$0.006
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3.0151%
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3-Digit
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$0.210
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$0.218
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$0.008
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3.8095%
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AADC
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$0.213
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$0.220
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$0.007
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3.2864%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.223
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$0.230
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$0.007
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3.1390%
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Prsrted 1st Class Letters (Auto) (1-oz)
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5-Digit
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$0.324
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$0.335
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$0.011
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3.3951%
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3-Digit
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$0.346
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$0.357
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$0.011
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3.1792%
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AADC
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$0.351
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$0.360
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$0.009
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2.5641%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.369
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$0.382
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$0.013
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3.5230%
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Prsrted 1st Class Flats (Auto) (1-oz)
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5-Digit
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$0.364
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$0.380
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$0.016
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4.3956%
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3-Digit
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$0.479
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$0.542
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$0.063
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13.1524%
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AADC
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$0.570
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$0.603
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$0.033
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5.7895%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.702
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$0.725
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$0.023
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3.2764%
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Std Mail Reg - Letters (Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.225
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$0.233
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$0.008
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3.5556%
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3-Digit
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$0.241
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$0.251
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$0.010
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4.1494%
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AADC
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$0.244
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$0.253
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$0.009
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3.6885%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.257
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$0.270
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$0.013
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5.0584%
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Std Mail Reg - Letters (Non-Auto/Non-Mach)
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5-Digit
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$0.343
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$0.330
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-$0.013
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-3.7901%
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3-Digit
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$0.438
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$0.447
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$0.009
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2.0548%
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AADC
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$0.461
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$0.491
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$0.030
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6.5076%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.561
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$0.578
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$0.017
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3.0303%
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Std Mail Non-Profit - Letters (Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.127
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$0.132
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$0.005
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3.9370%
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3-Digit
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$0.143
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$0.150
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$0.007
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4.8951%
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AADC
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$0.146
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$0.152
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$0.006
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4.1096%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.159
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$0.169
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$0.010
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6.2893%
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Std Mail Non-Profit - Letters (Non-Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.245
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$0.229
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-$0.016
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-6.5306%
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3-Digit
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$0.340
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$0.346
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$0.006
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1.7647%
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AADC
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$0.363
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$0.390
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$0.027
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7.4380%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.463
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$0.477
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$0.014
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3.0238%
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Std Mail Reg - Flats (Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.339
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$0.346
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$0.007
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2.0649%
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3-Digit
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$0.400
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$0.418
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$0.018
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4.5000%
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AADC
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$0.436
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$0.486
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$0.050
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11.4679%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.489
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$0.496
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$0.007
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1.4315%
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Std Mail Reg - Flats (Non-Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.366
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$0.367
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$0.001
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0.2732%
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3-Digit
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$0.451
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$0.464
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$0.013
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2.8825%
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AADC
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$0.483
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$0.509
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$0.026
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5.3830%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.553
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$0.558
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$0.005
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0.9042%
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Std Mail Non-Profit - Flats (Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.206
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$0.212
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$0.006
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2.9126%
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3-Digit
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$0.267
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$0.284
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$0.017
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6.3670%
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AADC
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$0.303
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$0.352
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$0.049
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16.1716%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.356
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$0.362
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$0.006
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1.6854%
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Std Mail Non-Profit - Flats (Non-Auto)
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5-Digit
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$0.233
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$0.233
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$0.000
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0.0000%
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3-Digit
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$0.318
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$0.330
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$0.012
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3.7736%
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AADC
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$0.350
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$0.375
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$0.025
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7.1429%
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Mixed AADC
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$0.420
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$0.424
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$0.004
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0.9524%
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Std Mail Reg - Not Flat Machinable
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5-Digit
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$0.519
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Eliminated
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$0.477
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91.9075%
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3-Digit
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$0.580
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Eliminated
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$0.416
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71.7241%
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AADC
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$0.871
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$0.996
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$0.125
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14.3513%
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Mixed AADC
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$1.183
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$1.515
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$0.332
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28.0642%
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Std Mail Non-Profit - Not Flat Machinable
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5-Digit
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$0.353
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Eliminated
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$0.524
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148.4419%
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3-Digit
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$0.414
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Eliminated
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$0.463
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111.8357%
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AADC
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$0.705
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$0.877
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$0.172
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24.3972%
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Mixed AADC
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$1.102
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$1.334
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$0.232
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21.0856%
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Std Mail (B) - Bound Printed Matter
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Zones - Local, 1 & 2
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$1.413 + $0.137/lb
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$1.452 + $0.164/lb
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Zone 3
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$1.413 + $0.170/lb
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$1.452 + $0.195/lb
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Zone 4
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$1.413 + $0.210/lb
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$1.452 + $0.235/lb
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Zone 5
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$1.413 + $0.269/lb
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$1.452 + $0.301/lb
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Zone 6
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$1.413 + $0.338/lb
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$1.452 + $0.372/lb
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Zone 7
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$1.413 + $0.381/lb
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$1.452 + $0.427/lb
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Zone 8
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$1.413 + $0.508/lb
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$1.452 + $0.566/lb
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