Postal Reform Effects Minimized for Graphic Arts

Periodicals

Modifying a structure proposed by Time Warner Inc., rather than wholly accepting USPS suggestions, the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) recommended that periodical rates be applied to pieces and pounds — the existing method — as well as to bundles, stacks and pallets. However, because piece rates vary on machineability, and container rates depend on the point of entry into the mail system, the result is a complex rate structure with at least 55 elements.