443 Rates and Eligibility

1.0 Rates and Fees for Standard Mail

2.0 Content Standards for Standard Mail Parcels

3.0 Basic Standards for Standard Mail Parcels

4.0 Rate Eligibility for Standard Mail

5.0 Additional Eligibility Standards for Presorted Standard Mail Pieces

6.0 Additional Eligibility Standards for Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail Parcels

1.0 Rates and Fees for Standard Mail

1.1 Standard Mail Rate Application

Standard Mail rates are based on the weight of the pieces as follows:

a. The appropriate minimum per piece rate applies to any Standard Mail piece that weighs 3.3 ounces (0.2063 pound) or less.

b. A rate determined by adding the per piece charge and the corresponding per pound charge applies to any Standard Mail piece that weighs more than 3.3 ounces.

1.2 Regular Standard Mail—Presorted and Enhanced Carrier Route Rates

	Entry Discount	Enhanced Carrier Route (ECR)			Machinable1			Irregular1
	Entry Discount	Saturation2	High Density	Basic	5-Digit	BMC	Mixed BMC	5-Digit	3-Digit	ADC	Mixed ADC
Parcels weighing 3.3 oz. or less	None	$0.369	$0.378	$0.499	---	---	---	$0.607	$0.653	$0.914	$1.129
Parcels weighing 3.3 oz. or less	DBMC	0.336	0.345	0.466	---	---	---	0.574	0.620	0.881	1.096
per piece rate	DSCF	0.327	0.336	0.457	---	---	---	0.565	0.611	0.872	---
per piece rate	DDU	0.318	0.327	0.448	---	---	---	0.556	---	---	---
more than 3.3 oz.3	None	0.621	0.621	0.621	0.739	0.739	0.739	0.739	0.739	0.739	0.739
per pound rate	DBMC	0.462	0.462	0.462	0.580	0.580	---	0.580	0.580	0.580	0.580
	DSCF	0.418	0.418	0.418	0.536	---	---	0.536	0.536	0.536	---
	DDU	0.373	0.373	0.373	0.491	---	---	0.491	---	---	---
+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
per piece rate		0.241	0.250	0.371	0.346	0.716	0.909	0.457	0.503	0.764	0.979

For nonbarcoded parcels, add $0.05 per piece. The surcharge does not apply to pieces sorted to 5-digit ZIP Codes.
For ECR parcels with a detached address label, add $0.015 per piece.
For pieces weighing more than 3.3 ounces, each piece is subject to both a per piece rate and a per pound rate. Multiply the number of pieces in the mailing by per piece rate. Multiply the number of pounds of the mailing by per pound rate. Add both totals.

1.3 Nonprofit Standard Mail—Presorted and Enhanced Carrier Route Rates

	Entry Discount	Enhanced Carrier Route (ECR)			Machinable1			Irregular1
	Entry Discount	Saturation2	High Density	Basic	5-Digit	BMC	Mixed BMC	5-Digit	3-Digit	ADC	Mixed ADC
Parcels weighing 3.3 oz. or less	None	$0.300	$0.309	$0.430	---	---	---	$0.481	$0.527	$0.788	$1.003
Parcels weighing 3.3 oz. or less	DBMC	0.267	0.276	0.397	---	---	---	0.448	0.494	0.755	0.970
per piece rate	DSCF	0.258	0.267	0.388	---	---	---	0.439	0.485	0.746	---
per piece rate	DDU	0.249	0.258	0.379	---	---	---	0.430	---	---	---
more than 3.3 oz.3	None	0.432	0.432	0.432	0.622	0.622	0.622	0.622	0.622	0.622	0.622
per pound rate	DBMC	0.273	0.273	0.273	0.463	0.463	---	0.463	0.463	0.463	0.463
	DSCF	0.229	0.229	0.229	0.419	---	---	0.419	0.419	0.419	---
	DDU	0.184	0.184	0.184	0.374	---	---	0.374	---	---	---
+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
per piece rate		0.211	0.220	0.341	0.244	0.614	0.807	0.355	0.401	0.662	0.877

For nonbarcoded parcels, add $0.05 per piece. The surcharge does not apply to pieces sorted to 5-digit ZIP Codes.
For ECR parcels with a detached address label, add $0.015 per piece.
For pieces weighing more than 3.3 ounces, each piece is subject to both a per piece rate and a per pound rate. Multiply the number of pieces in the mailing by per piece rate. Multiply the number of pounds of the mailing by per pound rate. Add both totals.

1.4 Regular Standard Mail—Not Flat-Machinable Rates

	Entry Discount	Not Flat-Machinable1
	Entry Discount	5-Digit	3-Digit	ADC/BMC	Mixed ADC/BMC
Pieces weighing 3.3 oz. or less	None	$0.4602	$0.506	$0.767	$1.028
Pieces weighing 3.3 oz. or less	DBMC	0.427	0.473	0.734	0.995
per piece rate	DSCF	0.418	0.464	0.725	---
per piece rate	DDU	0.409	---	---	---
more than 3.3 oz.3	None	0.739	0.739	0.739	0.739
per pound rate	DBMC	0.580	0.580	0.580	0.580
	DSCF	0.536	0.536	0.536	---
	DDU	0.491	---	---	---
+		+	+	+	+
per piece rate		0.310	0.356	0.617	0.878

For nonbarcoded pieces, add $0.05 per piece. The surcharge does not apply to pieces sorted to
5-digit ZIP Codes or to nonmachinable letters over 3.3 ounces paying NFM rates.
Customized MarketMail pieces pay $0.460 per piece.
For pieces weighing more than 3.3 ounces, each piece is subject to both a per piece rate and a per pound rate. Multiply the number of pieces in the mailing by per piece rate. Multiply the number of pounds of the mailing by per pound rate. Add both totals.

1.5 Nonprofit Standard Mail—Not Flat-Machinable Rates

	Entry Discount	Not Flat-Machinable1
	Entry Discount	5-Digit	3-Digit	ADC/BMC	Mixed ADC/BMC
Pieces weighing 3.3 oz. or less	None	$0.3342	$0.380	$0.641	$0.902
Pieces weighing 3.3 oz. or less	DBMC	0.301	0.347	0.608	0.869
per piece rate	DSCF	0.292	0.338	0.599	---
per piece rate	DDU	0.283	---	---	---
more than 3.3 oz.3	None	0.622	0.622	0.622	0.622
per pound rate	DBMC	0.463	0.463	0.463	0.463
	DSCF	0.419	0.419	0.419	---
	DDU	0.374	---	---	---
+		+	+	+	+
per piece rate		0.208	0.254	0.515	0.776

For nonbarcoded pieces, add $0.05 per piece. The surcharge does not apply to pieces sorted to
5-digit ZIP Codes or to nonmachinable letters over 3.3 ounces paying NFM rates.
Customized MarketMail pieces pay $0.334 per piece.
For pieces weighing more than 3.3 ounces, each piece is subject to both a per piece rate and a per pound rate. Multiply the number of pieces in the mailing by per piece rate. Multiply the number of pounds of the mailing by per pound rate. Add both totals.

1.6 Fees

1.6.1 Annual Mailing Fee

Mailing fee, per 12-month period: $175.00.

1.6.2 Weighted Fee

For return of pieces bearing the ancillary service markings "Address Service Requested" and "Forwarding Service Requested."

weighted fee
Single Piece Weight Not Over (ounces)	Weighted Fee per Piece1
1	$2.80
2	3.22
3	3.64
4	4.06
5	4.48
6	4.90
7	5.32
8	5.74
9	6.16
10	6.58
11	7.00
12	7.42
13	7.84
Over 13 but under 16	11.38

Weighted fee equals single-piece First-Class Mail or Priority Mail rate multiplied by 2.472.

1.7 Computing Postage for Standard Mail

1.7.1 Weight

To compute the total weight of the addressed pieces in a mailing or mailing segment for:

a. Identical-weight pieces, multiply the computed average weight of a single piece by the corresponding number of pieces; do not round the product.

b. Nonidentical-weight pieces, add the actual weight of the individual pieces or weigh the entire mailing in bulk; do not round either result.

1.7.2 Determining Single-Piece Weight

To determine single-piece weight in a mailing of identical-weight pieces, weigh a sample group of at least 10 randomly selected pieces and divide the total sample weight by the number of pieces in the sample. To determine single-piece weight in a mailing of nonidentical-weight pieces, weigh each piece individually. Express all single-piece weights in decimal pounds, rounded off to four decimal places.

1.7.3 Net Postage

Postage is computed at the applicable rates on the entire mailing to be mailed at one time. The net postage rate is either the applicable minimum per piece rate or the piece/pound rate, as adjusted for any discounts and surcharges.

1.7.4 Per Piece and Per Pound Charges

The per piece charge is computed based on the total number of addressed pieces for each rate category claimed. The minimum rate may apply to each piece as detailed in 1.1, Standard Mail Rate Application. Otherwise, th