USPS Industry Alert: Proposed July 2025 Changes
February 11, 2025
The US Postal Service is considering eliminating Marketing Mail commercial and nonprofit Automation Basic CR letter rates.
Summary of Application Impacts
- Online Reporting: Yes - Reports will be updated to reflect the removal of Basic CR rates data for automation letters.
- Data Feeds: Yes - Data feeds will be updated to reflect the proposed changes and continue to report on USPS Marketing Mail data.
- Postage Statement and SKU Changes: Yes - PS form 3602-R/N (Part C) and Notice 123 will be updated to remove Basic CR for automation letters.
- Mail.dat changes: Yes - Validations, core rate table and the USPS technical specification will be updated to support the removal of the Basic CR rate for automation letters.
- Mail.XML changes: Yes - Validations, core rate table and the USPS technical specification will be updated to support the removal of the Basic CR rate for letters.
- Shipping Services File (SSF) Changes: No Impact
- Indicium Creation Record (ICR) File: No Impact
- WebTools: No Impact
- USPS API: No Impact
- Price Change Type / Product Type: Market Dominant
