2023-07-28 05:09:35
La Poste will experience a new price increase. The average price of stamps will increase by 8.3% on 1 January, the increase reaching 11.20% for the green stamp, the price of which, “unchanged for two years”, will increase from 1.16 to 1.29 euros.
“In a context of inflation and falling mail volumes”, these increases should enable La Poste to “ensure (of) the sustainability of the universal postal service”, which notably guarantees delivery six days a week and affordable rates for the most common shipments, argued the public group.
Among the other “price adjustments” detailed in a press release, the price of registered letters will be increased to 5.36 euros (up 53 cents), an increase of nearly 11%, and that of international letters up to 20 g to 1.96 euros (up 16 cents).
The costs of services offered to businesses are also on the rise
The price of “service plus” letters, for “important documents requiring follow-up notifications” will increase slightly by 4 cents, to 2.99 euros. Colissimo prices for individuals, “all destinations combined”, will increase by an average of 5.6%, added La Poste, specifying that that of Colissimo France weighing less than 250 g “will only experience a marginal adjustment” with an increase from 4 cents to 4.99 euros after remaining unchanged for five years.
Costs for business services, industrial management mail and direct marketing will increase by 6.8% and 5.2% respectively. Among the prices that do not change are those for mail tracking (at 50 cents) or the red e-letter which replaced the red stamp in 2023 for urgent letters to be delivered the next day (1.49 euros).
According to La Poste, each French household will spend an average of around 33 euros on postal products this year, compared to 37 euros in 2022, with spending expected to remain “stable” in 2024. The public group hopes to save up to 400 million euros thanks to this price increase to absorb part of the universal postal service deficit, a spokeswoman told AFP.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications, Posts and Press Distribution (Arcep) has given the green light to these changes, according to La Poste.
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