Terminal Dues – Official Mail Guide (OMG)

Compromise Plan Keeps Universal Postal Union Intact; Approved By Unanimous Acclamation

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — September 25, 2019 — The Universal Postal Congress, meeting in extraordinary session, hammered out a compromise plan that allows for [...]

COUNTDOWN: International Mailers Wait As UPU Vote Nears

If The UPU Does Not Change Terminal Dues, The U.S. Will Withdraw Leaving Mailers Without Access to the Existing Global Postal System GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary [...]

Broken UPU Terminal Dues System Outlined in OIG Report

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) researched terminal dues in 2015, with a particular focus on the China to U.S. corridor, to examine concerns and [...]

UPU To Let Members Vote On Postal Remuneration Rates

BERNE, Switzerland — April 10, 2019 — Today, the Second Committee (Universal Service Obligation, Regulatory Affairs, and Postal Regulation) of the UPU’s Council [...]

CORRECTION: Joe Murphy: 30 Nations Support U.S. Proposal For Self Declared Inbound Rates

This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]

USA Ultimatum To UPU: Fix Terminal Dues Or We’re Out

This story is developing: WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU [...]

USA TO PULL OUT OF UPU

WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU Constitution. Here is the [...]

How China Cheats The USPS On Shipping Costs

From The Federalist: Thanks to convoluted international postage regulations, it is cheaper for Chinese businesses to ship goods to American consumers than for American [...]

President Trump Orders Changes To International Mail … End Foreign Mail Subsidy …

President Trump ordered U.S. officials to seek changes to the international mail system’s terminal dues and policies. The August 23, 2018 executive order seeks to [...]

New Legislation to End Subsidies of Foreign Mail

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), today introduced the Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies (ENDS) Act, legislation that would save U.S. taxpayers from [...]

USA May Not Honor UPU Agreement; Terminal Dues In Limbo?

Postcom CEO Michael Plunkett told MAILCOM attendees that there is a movement in the executive branch not to honor the Universal Postal Union’s Istanbul Convention [...]

CONGRESSMEN BLAST POSTAGE SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN SHIPPERS

The subsidy of Chinese and other foreign postal shipments into the United States has led to a fiery letter from congressmen, demanding the USPS and State Department explain [...]

FORBES: Chinese Get Subsidized Postage Into US, While Domestic Mailers Rates Rise

Chinese merchants can mail packages across the ocean than American businesses can mail across the street because of subsidized postage rates … (click to read [...]

GLAZER: Finally Sanity Over US Postage Subsidies To Foreign Shippers

(Editor’s Note: The letter from Congressmen exposing the extreme postage subsidies enjoyed by foreign shippers is the subject of this commentary from Gordon Glazer of [...]

UPU Dues Subsidizes Ecommerce Into USA

World postal delegates have adopted a new terminal dues system that will continue to subsidize foreign ecommerce into the US. Starting in 2018 bulky letters and small [...]