Guernsey Post has announced that it will be introducing changes to its postal rates from Monday 4th April 2022.
In summary: -
- The cost of a Bailiwick Letter will rise by 2p from 50p to 52p.
- The price of a UK Letter will rise by 6p from 73p to 79p. For comparison Royal Mail have announced the First-Class Letter rate in the UK is rising by 10p from 85p to 95p.
- The price of a Letter to Europe will rise by 10p to £1.10
- The price of a Letter to the Rest of the World will rise by 15p to £1.35.
Boley Smillie, Guernsey Post Chief Executive said:
“The scale of the increases recently announced by Royal Mail and the same for the charges which we are indirectly required to pay to other postal administrations around the world are far greater this year than we have ever experienced before. Consequently, and regrettably, we have been left with very little choice other than to pass on most of the increase to our customers. All of the additional revenue generated by these tariff changes for mail destined outside of the Bailiwick will flow through to pay for the increase in the charges applied to Guernsey Post.”
“Based on customer feedback we have managed to freeze a number of prices such as Large Parcels to all destinations and some international Large Letters. Like every other postal administration Guernsey Post’s core Letter and Large Letter business continues to decline and it is only in part offset by the growth in parcel volumes. In addition to the increases applied by other postal administrations we have also experienced above inflation increases in sea and air transport costs, much of which we are absorbing”.
For customers wishing to find out more information the full tariff will be available to download at www.guernseypost.com from 21st March 2022.