From January onwards, a standard letter will cost 85 cents, the prices for all others will also rise – this is announced by Deutsche Post. The Federal Network Agency had previously approved a general increase in postage of 4.6 percent.
Postage for letters is becoming more expensive. Sending a standard domestic letter will cost 85 cents from January – five cents more than before. The Deutsche Post announced. Other letter products are also expected to be five cents more expensive, such as the maxi letter. The company justified this with higher costs. Most recently, the Post increased postage in mid-2019, when a standard letter went up by ten cents to 80 cents.
The Federal Network Agency had previously published a scope for price increases on Wednesday, on the basis of which the post may increase the postage. Said scope for increases is 4.6 percent – the shopping cart for all types of letters can become more expensive by this percentage amount. This value is relatively low, with the postage increase in 2019 it was 8.9 percent. Shortly afterwards, Swiss Post announced how it wanted to use the leeway. The network agency will now check whether the planned postage increases are within the scope.
The mail market has been shrinking for a long time. People write significantly fewer letters than they used to and instead increasingly use emails, chats and social media in their communication. However, the mail business is still a lucrative business for the Bonn company – this is also due to the price increases approved by the state.