Deutsche Post will increase its postage on January 1, 2022. But not only letters and postcards are getting more expensive! Packages are a special case. All new prices.
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On December 10, 2021, the Federal Network Agency “provisionally approved the new letter postage for Deutsche Post AG from January 1, 2022. The final approval is expected to take place in the spring,” writes the Federal Network Agency.
The following prices will apply from January 1, 2022:
The standard letter costs 0.85 euros – five cents more expensive
The compact letter costs 1 euro – five cents more expensive
The large letter costs 1.60 euros – five cents more expensive
The maxi letter costs 2.75 euros – five cents more expensive
The postcard costs 0.70 euros, ten cents more than before
The prices for registered mail and registered mail increase by 15 cents to EUR 2.65 and EUR 2.35 respectively.
Deutsche Post is offering new stamps and supplementary stamps to match the postage increase. These have been available in post offices and online at www.deutschepost.de since December 2nd.
Customers can still buy the postage for their letters and postcards via the Post & DHL app or frank the items with the mobile stamp via the app. Existing postage stamps as well as any supplementary stamps from previous years can still be used for franking items with Deutsche Post. An exchange is not necessary.
The postage increase was preceded by a lengthy approval and review process, you can read more about this in the message Deutsche Post may increase letter postage: This is what letters cost from 1 January 2022.
Further postage increases
In addition, Deutsche Post is also increasing some prices for products that, unlike the above-mentioned letter postage, do not require prior approval by the Federal Network Agency. So the prices for them also rise
Mailing of books and goods
by five cents to 1.95 euros for the “Books and Goods Consignment 500” and to 2.25 euros for the “Books and Goods Consignment 1000”.
At the
Forwarding service
the online price for the 12-month product rises from EUR 26.90 for private customers to EUR 30.90. The online price for the 6-month variant, on the other hand, remains unchanged at 23.90 euros (private customers). In future, customers will also be able to order the 6-month service in the branch, but then at a higher price than online: 26.90 euros.
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Reason for price increase
Deutsche Post cites the reason for the price adjustments “cost increases due to higher wage and transport costs as well as the inflation rate, which has risen sharply in recent months. Pandemic-related additional expenses in the operating facilities and in delivery, which enable secure postal delivery for all customers in Germany, have burdened Deutsche Post with considerable costs. ”
Package prices are also increasing, but not for private customers
Deutsche Post DHL will also increase the
Package prices for business customers.
The price increases apply to both business customers with list prices and business customers with individually agreed conditions. The price increase affects particularly heavy parcel shipments over 20 kilograms. Swiss Post justifies this by stating that sorting and delivery require significantly more effort. However, the increases do not affect the national and international DHL Express business.
The really important information for private users is different:
The prices for DHL parcel delivery by private customers remain unchanged.