PostNL announces new rates for sending letters
New rates
As from 1 January 2019, PostNL will increase the rates for sending letters in the Netherlands and from the Netherlands abroad. The standard rate for letters in the Netherlands will change from €0.83 to €0.87. When using a franking machine, the rate will change from €0.77 to €0.81. The new standard rate for international letters will be €1.45, up from €1.40. The rate for the postage stamp code, which can be bought online and with the PostNL app, remains unchanged at €0.83.
Reliable, accessible and affordable
Resi Becker, director of Mail in the Netherlands: ‘With this decision, we balance the interests of our customers and other stakeholders. The relatively modest increase in the price of a postage stamp is necessary to keep the mail service reliable, accessible and affordable for everyone in the Netherlands. The impact of the annual decrease in mail volume are absorbed by means of cost savings, and by the annual price increase. This is how we continue to be the right partner for our customers, to be a social employer and a financially healthy company.’
December stamp 2018
The price of the special December stamp for the festive season is set at €0.78, once again 5 cents lower in price than the standard rate for mail up to 50 grams. As from 5 November 2018, the December stamps can be purchased from post offices, parcel points and postage stamp outlets or from postnl.nl.
ACM
Each year, the Dutch supervisory authority for the postal market, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), determines the tariff headroom for the universal postal service. The ACM has verified that the new rates comply with the statutory tariff headroom.
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About PostNL
We are PostNL. The postal and logistic solutions provider. For our customers, we are the link between the physical and the online world. We facilitate communications between people and companies. We deliver parcels seven days a week and letters five days a week. On weekdays, we deliver, on average, 675,000 parcels and 8 million letters throughout the Benelux. We offer more and more new services through combinations of smart networks, digital applications and the right communications channels. In doing so, we aim to make the daily lives of our customers easier.
As the first listed postal company, we have the largest and most modern network for letters, parcels and e-commerce in the Benelux countries. In addition, we also operate in Germany, Italy and eight other countries across the world. PostNL employs a total of 44,000 people. With our loyal workforce, extensive networks and innovative drive, our ambition is to be the leading postal and logistics solutions provider in chosen markets. In 2017 our revenues reached €3.5 billion.