On November 18, 2019, UPS announced it's General Rate Increases for the coming year. Beginning on December 29, 2019, there will be an average Ground and Air service increase of 4.9% along with a variety of accessorial and other surcharge increases.Interestingly, the new ground rates will now largely be the same as those of FedEx.At a high level, some other important changes will take effect for 2020:
- Rebill fee will be assessed for all billing account change requests for a shipment
- Prohibited Item Fee will be applied to prohibited and restricted items found in packages
- Value-added and other charges will be applied to packages returned as undeliverable
- Late payment fee may be assessed if an invoice is not fully paid by its due date
- Lowered threshold for Additional Handling surcharge; from 70lbs to 50lbs
- A change in Zip codes in which surcharges will be applied
The important information regarding UPS's 2020 rate and surcharge changes is as follows:
Rate Changes
ServiceAvg Rate IncreaseUPS Freight3.9%Air Freight4.2%UPS Ground4.9%UPS Air4.9%
Surcharge Changes
2020 will see an increase across nearly all surcharge and accesorials, as well as some new ones added:Charges20192020Additional HandlingWeight (Domestic)$23.00$24.00Length and Width (Domestic)$14.25$15.00International$14.25$15.00Address CorrectionPer Package$16.40$17.00Maximum per GFP Shipment$114.80$119.00Chargeback for Consignee Billing Shipments$16.40$17.00Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.)$14.50$15.50Dangerous Goods (Hazardous Materials)Domestic Air Accessible$98.00$105.00Domestic Air Inaccessible$49.00$51.50Ground$35.00$37.00International Air Accessible$153.50 per shipmentor $18.43 per pkg$162.50 per shipmentor $19.51 per pkgInternational Air Inaccessible$75.50 per shipmentor $9.06 per pkg$81.00 per shipmentor $9.72 per pkgStandard to/from Canada$42.75 per shipmentor $4.85 per pkg$44.00 per shipmentor $4.99 per pkgWorldwide Express Freight Accessible$153.50 per shipmentor $0.83 per pound$162.50 per shipmentor $0.88 per pkgWorldwide Express Freight Inaccessible$75.50 per shipmentor $0.41 per pound$81.00 per shipmentor $0.44 per pkgDelivery Area SurchargeAir Commercial$2.95$3.10Air Commercial Extended$2.95$3.60Ground Commercial$2.80$2.95Ground Commercial Extended$2.80$3.45Ground Residential$3.80$4.00Ground Residential Extended$4.85$5.40Air Residential$4.35$4.40Air Residential Extended$4.85$5.40Import$2.30$2.40Delivery Area Surcharge (Hundredweight)Air Commercial$14.25 per shipment$15.50 per shipmentAir Commercial Extended$14.25 per shipment$18.00 per shipmentGround Commercial$13.50 per shipment$14.75 per shipmentGround Commercial Extended$13.50 per shipment$17.25 per shipmentAir Residential$21.00 per shipment$22.00 per shipmentAir Residential Extended$23.25 per shipment$27.00 per shipmentGround Residential$18.25 per shipment$20.00 per shipmentGround Residential Extended$23.25 per shipment$27.00 per shipmentDelivery Change RequestPhone Request$6.60$6.00Web Request$5.50$6.00Delivery ConfirmationSignature Required$5.00$5.25Adult Signature Required$6.05$6.35Delivery InterceptPhone Request$22.90$23.90Web Request$16.40$17.00Disbursement Fee (minimum)$11.00$12.00Dry Ice$5.55$5.85Electronic Export Information (EEI)$13.00$15.00Entry Type 86 ProcessingN/A$10.00Extended Area Surcharge (International)Greater of $38 or$0.38 per poundGreater of $40 or$0.40 per poundLarge Package SurchargeInternational$95.00$100.00Commercial (Domestic)$95.00$100.00Residential (Domestic)$115.00$120.00Missing/Invalid Account Number or Refusal Fee$16.40$17.00Over Maximum Limits$850.00$875.00Oversize Pallet Handling Surcharge$850.00 per pallet$875.00 per palletProhibited Item FeeN/A$150.00Rebill FeeN/A$17.00 per requestRemote Area SurchargeAlaska$28.00$30.00Hawaii$9.00$10.00Residential SurchargeGround and Standard$3.95$4.10Domestic and International Air$4.55$4.70Hundredweight (and GFP)$40.00 per shipment$41.85 per shipmentWorldwide Express Freight$130.00 per shipment$140.00 per shipmentReturn Label (Electronic and Print)$1.00$1.05Ship to a UPS Access Point Location$1.50$0.00UPS Carbon Neutral (Standard)$0.10$0.05UPS On-Call Pickup Area SurchargeResidential$3.80$4.00Extended Residential$4.85$5.40Scheduled Pickup Weekly Service ChargesCharges20192020Daily Pickup($0.00-$74.99 Weekly Billing Total)$29.00$31.00( $75.00+ Weekly Billing Total)$14.50$15.50Daily On-Route Pickup($0.00-$74.99 Weekly Billing Total)$27.00$29.00( $75.00+ Weekly Billing Total)$13.50$14.50Day-Specific Pickup4 Days ($0.00-$74.99 Weekly Billing Total)$27.00$29.004 Days ( $75.00+ Weekly Billing Total)$13.50$14.503 Days ($0.00-$74.99 Weekly Billing Total)$20.30$22.303 Days ( $75.00+ Weekly Billing Total)$13.45$14.451 or 2 Days$13.45$14.45UPS Smart Pickup$13.45$14.45
