USPS Posts Strong Early Holiday Delivery, Outperforming Previous Season

The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the 10th week of the first quarter for fiscal year 2023. For the seventh consecutive week, the average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days.

FY23 first quarter service performance scores covering Oct. 1 through Dec. 9 included:
*First-Class Mail: 91.7 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points from the fiscal fourth quarter. The current data reflects a year over year increase of one percentage point compared to the same period in the FY22 peak holiday season.
*Marketing Mail: 94.1 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a slight decrease of 0.7 percentage points from the fiscal fourth quarter. The current data reflects a year over year increase of 1.9 percentage points compared to the same period in the FY22 peak holiday season.
*Periodicals: 85.5 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from the fiscal fourth quarter. The current data reflects a year over year increase of 3.5 percentage points compared to the same period in the FY22 peak holiday season.
more at: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/1216-usps-posts-strong-early-holiday-delivery-outperforming-previous-season.htm

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