State joint-stock company “Ukrposhta” from July, 1 will increase tariffs for sending parcels, but claims that they will remain lower than the prices of competitors by 20-30 %.
“The company was able to adjust to the new strict conditions. Even after the cost review, Ukrposhta’s rates will remain 20-30 percent lower than competitors,” the company said in a press release Friday.
According to it, the cost of delivery of items “Ukrposhta Express” will be increased on average by 10 UAH for items sent within one region and by 8 UAH – for items sent within the whole country. At the moment the cost of delivery “Ukrposhta Express” is within the city from 40 UAH for delivery up to 1 kg.
The company points out that since July 1, will also operate new tariffs for services “Ukrposhta Standard”, where the average increase is UAH 7 USD for delivery within Ukraine and UAH 10 – within a single region. In particular if now the delivery cost of parcel with the weight to 1 kg within Ukraine is 35 UAH, then after review it will increase to 42 UAH and the delivery of parcel from 5 to 10 kg will cost 70 UAH instead of 60 UAH.
In “Ukrposhta” noted that the cost of the service “Ukrposhta Documents” and the cost of courier pickup or delivery will increase by 5 UAH. The cost of the service for delivery of documents now is 45 UAH per 1 kg, including 30 UAH for the address fee.
At the same time, the company indicated that a flexible discount system will continue to operate for corporate clients of “Ukrposhta”.
According to the national postal operator, since July, 1 will also increase the cost of delivery of “small recommended packages” on all zones and parcels to seven countries of the Middle East (Algeria, Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia).
“These changes will be 10% of the current rates. This is the first price revision for international shipping due to external factors,” the company said.
Foreseeing possible changes, “Ukrposhta” prepared a service of priority delivery “small packages Prime” in 70 key countries of the world, the release said. According to it, its use will allow the customer to get a tariff that is lower than the current one by up to 18%.
