WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – May 16, 2022
May 17, 2022   Dave Lewis

ALL CATEGORIES REGAIN THEIR FOOTING – EXCEPT ONE     

The Postal Service sent out a press release last week, sharing the April was their best on-time performance month to date in FY 2022.  It was a great month for them.  We were nit-picking about a tiny downward trend, which seem to have stopped this week, but it really was a good performance month for USPS.  And, last week was pretty darn good, too, except for Marketing Mail Letters.  Hopefully an aberration – we’ll be watching.  I mean, it’s what we do.

For the week beginning May 9, 2022, First-Class letters were delivered on time 94.84% a small improvement over a very good earlier week, and a break of the small downward trend we had been seeing.  Nice job, USPS!   First-Class flats were delivered on time 94.48% of the time, down a touch from the prior week – which had been their best week of the year.  Still very good.

Marketing Mail Letters had a rough week with 93.72% of letters delivered on time, a 3% drop from the previous week.  It’s a significant drop that bears watching.  Marketing Mail Flats were delivered on time 96.64% of the time. Another great week for flats. 

Average Intra-SCF delivery time was 2.28 days for Marketing Mail letters, 2.21 days for Marketing Mail flats. 

Overall, on-time performance has been excellent for the past few months, so the aberrations we report are generally just that.  If Marketing Mail letters had a soft week, it’s just that – one week.  Give us two or three in a row and we’ll start fussing.  I promise.

In the meantime, keep mailing.

GRAPH OF THE WEEK

Here’s on-time performance for Marketing Mail letters.  You can see that while it is down a touch this week, performance has generally been excellent!

May 16



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