US parcel carrier rate-change events (USPS/FedEx/UPS), 2024-2026
Who joins this: an online shop joins its orders/shipments to this table on (ship_date, carrier) with an as-of join (ship_date >= effective_date, latest row per carrier/service) to model parcel-cost pressure: which rate regime applied, the chained cumulative price index (base 100), how much the increase accelerated vs the prior change, and whether the shipment fell in the 30-day post-increase rate-shock window. Agent-curated demand intelligence: 14 headline rate changes (USPS per-service 2025/2026 from the official USPS newsroom; FedEx/UPS 5.9% GRIs 2024-2026 cross-verified across trade press) plus 5 verified 2026 FedEx accessorial fee levels (residential, DAS, additional handling, oversize) that drive e-commerce last-mile costs. Every value traced to its announcement URL; rows that could not be verified (USPS Jan 2024, UPS 2026 surcharge levels, UPS May 2026 intl surge fees, Canada Post) were dropped, not estimated. Headline percentages are carrier-published averages — actual shipper impact varies by zone/weight/contract. Yearly cadence; snapshot per run.
- Rows
- 19
- Columns
- 17
- Source cadence
- Yearly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 30, 2026
- Theme
- economy
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| carrier | string | Carrier: usps, fedex, or ups. Join key with the shop's carrier choice. |
| service_category | string | Service the change applies to: USPS per-service slugs (ground_advantage, priority_mail, priority_mail_express, parcel_select), package_list_rates (FedEx/UPS headline GRI), or surcharge_* fee levels. |
| change_type | string | headline_gri (chained into cumulative_index) or surcharge (verified fee level, not chained). |
| country_code | string | ISO alpha-3 country (always USA). |
| announcement_date | date | Date the carrier announced the change (ISO date); null when the announcement date could not be verified. |
| effective_date | date | Date the new rates/fees took effect (ISO date). As-of join key with ship_date. |
| avg_increase_pct | float | Carrier-published headline average increase, percent; null on surcharge rows. (unit: percent) |
| fee_usd | float | Verified accessorial fee level in USD; null on headline rows. (unit: USD) |
| cumulative_index | float | Chained price index per (carrier, service_category): 100 * prod(1+pct/100), base 100 the day before the series' first event; null on surcharge rows. |
| increase_vs_prior_pp | float | This headline pct minus the prior headline pct in the same series, percentage points; null for the first event. (unit: percentage_points) |
| days_since_prior_change | integer | Days between consecutive effective dates in the series; null for the first event. (unit: days) |
| shock_window_start | date | Start of the 30-day post-increase rate-shock window (ISO date) = effective_date. |
| shock_window_end | date | End of the 30-day post-increase rate-shock window (ISO date) = effective_date + 30 days. |
| notes | string | Curation notes: freight sub-rates, corroboration status. |
| source_url | string | Announcement URL behind the row. |
| collected_at | date | Date the announcement was read/verified (ISO date). |
| row_hash | string | Deterministic row key: first 16 hex chars of sha256 over canonical row values. |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| carrier | service_category | change_type | country_code | announcement_date | effective_date | avg_increase_pct | fee_usd | cumulative_index | increase_vs_prior_pp | days_since_prior_change | shock_window_start | shock_window_end | notes | source_url | collected_at | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fedex | package_list_rates | headline_gri | USA | — | 2024-01-01 | 5.9 | — | 105.9 | — | — | 2024-01-01 | 2024-01-31 | 2024 GRI; announced Sept 2023. | https://sifted.com/resources/2020-2025-fedex-ups-rate-increases-timeline/ | 2026-09-30 | 039cc800361b6143 |
| fedex | package_list_rates | headline_gri | USA | — | 2025-01-06 | 5.9 | — | 112.148 | 0 | 371 | 2025-01-06 | 2025-02-05 | 2025 GRI across package and freight services. | https://shipware.com/blog/fedexs-2025-general-rate-increase-explained/ | 2026-09-30 | fc247a88694b90a0 |
| fedex | package_list_rates | headline_gri | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | 5.9 | — | 118.765 | 0 | 364 | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | 2026 GRI on US package list rates; FedEx Freight rates rose 5.9%-6.9% depending on service, same date. | https://www.freightoptics.com/blog/fedex-2026-gri-overview/ | 2026-09-30 | 96d4bbdfb0ae96f4 |
| fedex | surcharge_additional_handling_z2 | surcharge | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | Additional Handling, Zone 2 weight-based, USD. | https://www.shipmonk.com/resources/content-hub/fedex-2027-rate-increase | 2026-09-30 | 376e541788760837 |
| fedex | surcharge_das_commercial | surcharge | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | — | 4.45 | — | — | — | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | Delivery Area Surcharge, commercial, USD. | https://www.shipmonk.com/resources/content-hub/fedex-2027-rate-increase | 2026-09-30 | 9980046ec2891d60 |
| fedex | surcharge_das_residential | surcharge | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | — | 6.6 | — | — | — | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | Delivery Area Surcharge, residential, USD. | https://www.shipmonk.com/resources/content-hub/fedex-2027-rate-increase | 2026-09-30 | e2d860e1b2e5ae15 |
| fedex | surcharge_oversize_z3_z4 | surcharge | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | — | 275 | — | — | — | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | Oversize fee, Zones 3-4, USD. | https://www.shipmonk.com/resources/content-hub/fedex-2027-rate-increase | 2026-09-30 | dfae7b4e0fe876c8 |
| fedex | surcharge_residential_delivery | surcharge | USA | — | 2026-01-05 | — | 6.95 | — | — | — | 2026-01-05 | 2026-02-04 | US package residential delivery fee, USD. | https://www.shipmonk.com/resources/content-hub/fedex-2027-rate-increase | 2026-09-30 | 23c93dbfe9440edc |
| ups | package_list_rates | headline_gri | USA | — | 2023-12-26 | 5.9 | — | 105.9 | — | — | 2023-12-26 | 2024-01-25 | 2024 rates; announced Sept 7, 2023. | https://parcelindustry.com/print-article-6197-permanent.html | 2026-09-30 | 40e09ab734ed2172 |
| ups | package_list_rates | headline_gri | USA | — | 2024-12-23 | 5.9 | — | 112.148 | 0 | 363 | 2024-12-23 | 2025-01-22 | 2025 rates; announced Sept 2024. | https://parcelindustry.com/article-6392-UPS-2025-General-Rate-Increase-What-You-Need-to-Know.html | 2026-09-30 | 6c7b928ac5ea2f91 |
Profiled Oct 1, 2026 from snapshot 20260930T234705Z-5b163503e56d
Measured- Completeness
- 82.4%
- Rows
- 19
- Columns
- 17
- Columns with gaps
- 6
| Column | Missing | Distinct | Range | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| carriervarchar | 0% | 3 | — |
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| service_categoryvarchar | 0% | 10 | — |
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| change_typevarchar | 0% | 2 | — |
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| country_codevarchar | 0% | 1 | — |
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| announcement_datedate | 57.9% | 2 | Nov 15, 2024 → Nov 14, 2025 | — |
| effective_datedate | 0% | 9 | Dec 26, 2023 → Jan 18, 2026 | — |
| avg_increase_pctdouble | 26.3% | 6 | 3.2 → 9.2median 5.9 | 1 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| fee_usddouble | 73.7% | 5 | 4.45 → 275median 6.95 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| cumulative_indexdouble | 26.3% | 10 | 103.2 → 118.76median 109.61 | |
| increase_vs_prior_ppdouble | 57.9% | 5 | -3.2 → 3.9median 0 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| days_since_prior_changebigint | 57.9% | 3 | 363 → 371median 364 | 2 outside 1st–99th percentile |
| shock_window_startdate | 0% | 9 | Dec 26, 2023 → Jan 18, 2026 | — |
| shock_window_enddate | 0% | 7 | Jan 25, 2024 → Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| notesvarchar | 0% | 11 | — |
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| source_urlvarchar | 0% | 7 | — |
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| collected_atdate | 0% | 1 | Sep 30, 2026 → Sep 30, 2026 | — |
| row_hashvarchar | 0% | 16 | — |
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19 rows · first snapshot
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/us_parcel_rate_regime/us_carrier_rate_change_events" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/us_parcel_rate_regime/us_carrier_rate_change_events").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/us_parcel_rate_regime/us_carrier_rate_change_events
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US parcel carrier rate announcements (agent-curated). (2026). US parcel carrier rate-change events (USPS/FedEx/UPS), 2024-2026 [Data set, snapshot 20260930T234705Z-5b163503e56d, sha256 5b163503e56d]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-01, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/us_parcel_rate_regime/us_carrier_rate_change_events?snapshot=20260930T234705Z-5b163503e56d
@misc{dz_us_parcel_rate_regime_us_carrier_rate_ch_5b163503,
title = {{US parcel carrier rate-change events (USPS/FedEx/UPS), 2024-2026}},
author = {{US parcel carrier rate announcements (agent-curated)}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/us_parcel_rate_regime/us_carrier_rate_change_events?snapshot=20260930T234705Z-5b163503e56d}},
note = {Snapshot 20260930T234705Z-5b163503e56d, sha256 5b163503e56d4f5e5b17609093ece6019a1241b6c7eb6032a1ea9b5b04eda119; accessed 2026-10-01}
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