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USPS Reports Stable Holiday Season Performance So Far for 2021

The United States Postal Service (USPS) reports stable performance as it enters the busiest mailing and shipping period just before Christmas.

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  • From Thanksgiving and counting until December 8, USPS accepted 4.9 billion mail and packages for delivery and the Postal Service averaged 2.7 days to deliver a mailpiece.
  • USPS anticipates that between 850 million and 950 million packages will be delivered for the holidays.
  • Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, USPS estimates it will process and deliver more than 12 billion letters, cards and packages.
  • For the full quarter so far, the Postal Service has managed to delivery 90.1% of First Class Mail on time which is an improvement of 2.4% over its last Quarter.

USPS Quote

“One of the goals of Delivering for America, the Postal Service’s 10-year plan for achieving financial sustainability and service excellence, is to meet or exceed 95 percent on-time service performance for all mail and shipping products once all elements of the plan are implemented. Service performance is defined by the Postal Service as the time it takes to deliver a mailpiece or package from its acceptance into our system through its delivery, as measured against published service standards.”

USPS Statement

To see the full press release from USPS about its service performance to date is available here.

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