Postal Performance

Updated May 31, 2011



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United States
Postal Service:

Just the facts...

USPS efficiently binds the nation together

In 2010 the U.S. Postal Service:
	Served 308 million Americans each day—up 48 percent since 1971...
	...and delivered 569 million pieces of mail per day—up 96 percent since 1971...
	...to 151 million addresses—up 93 percent since 1971...
	...for a total of 170 billion pieces of mail—up 96 percent since 1971...
	...with just 584,000 career employees—down 19.7% since 1971...
	...at postage rates in line with inflation for 40 years, all while shedding a 25% government subsidy.

U.S. postage is the most affordable in the world

U.S. postage is among the most affordable in the industrialized world.

Country	Domestic Letter	Rate in U.S. dollars
Hong Kong	1.40 HKD	$0.18
Singapore	0.26 SGD	$0.20
Romania	1.00 RON	$0.32
Morocco	3.25 MAD	$0.40
Brazil	0.70 BRL	$0.42
USA	0.44 USD	$0.44
Israel	1.70 ILS	$0.46
Cyprus	0.34 EUR	$0.46
Argentina	2.00 ARS	$0.50
Turkey	0.90 TRY	$0.57
Mexico	7.00 MXN	$0.58
Canada	0.59 CAD	$0.60
Australia	0.60 AUD	$0.61
Great Britain	0.41GBP	$0.66
Germany	0.55 EUR	$0.75
Austria	0.55 EUR	$0.75
Ireland	0.55 EUR	$0.75
France	0.58 EUR	$0.79
Monaco	0.58 EUR	$0.79
Italy	0.60 EUR	$0.82
Sweden	5.50 SEK	$0.86
Finland	0.65 EUR	$0.89
Switzerland	0.85 CHF	$0.89
Belgium	0.71 EUR	$0.97
Japan	80.00 JPY	$0.97
Norway	9.00 NOK	$1.56
Source: Universal Postal Union rates for letter-size equivalent. Exchanges rates from 2/8/2011.

NALC presentations on the Postal Service:

PDF files, viewable using the Adobe Reader®, of slides that accompanied presentations by NALC Research Director Jim Sauber in 2002:

The Postal Future
Presentation covering the current state of the USPS and delivery service, outlook for future, what other countries are doing, and what NALC can do

The Postal Crisis: Fact or Fiction?
Presentation covering the impact on the USPS of recession, declining volume, anthrax attacks and expanding overhead; the USPS Transformation Plan

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