US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – DECEMBER 12, 2022
December 12, 2022   Dave Lewis

USPS FIRST-CLASS MAIL SERVICE PERFORMANCE AMONG THE WORST WE’VE SEEN THIS YEAR

Service continued to deteriorate among most letter and flat mail.   Only 84.4% of First-Class letters were delivered on time – the worst number we’ve seen since December 20, 2021.  First-Class flats were worse, with less than 70% delivered on time.  On a positive note, even though there were more FCM flats delivered late this year versus 2021, there were much fewer flats more than 4 days late.  Last year, nearly 7% of FCM flats were more than 4 days late – this year that is down to 2.28%.  So, more mail is slow, but not as much is very late.  That’s good news.

Marketing Mail continues to lumber along with average on-time scores.  The essential intra-SCF measure remained better than 2022 YTD averages, which is important. 

The performance we are seeing is within expectations – it is that time of year.  Our crystal ball predicts continued weakness for two more weeks, and improvement after the holidays.  There are no signs of the bottom dropping out.

Dec 12



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