SOT - New 2012 UPS Shipping Rates, Car related if you ship parts! Options

[Tom_T]

FYI All - I got this for my UPS business account last week, and thought it would be of interest to those shipping parts. Not a huge increase, but still.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

You may want to ship them before the end of the year if you have anything to get or ready to go out now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

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Dear UPS Customer,

Thank you for choosing UPS®. As a current account holder, we want to make you aware of changes to the 2012 published rates. Next year, the published rates for our services will be increasing; however, this increase enables UPS to continually expand and improve our portfolio of solutions, helping us serve you and making the service you offer your own customers even better.

2012 Rates Information
Effective January 2, 2012, UPS rates will increase as follows*:

UPS Ground services will increase a net 4.9% through a combination of a 5.9% increase in rates and a 1 percentage point reduction in the UPS Ground fuel surcharge.
UPS Air and International services will increase a net 4.9% through a combination of a 6.9% increase in rates and a 2 percentage point reduction in the UPS Air and International services fuel surcharge. Rates for UPS Next Day Air® remain up to 4% lower than our largest U.S. private competitor for similar services.
UPS Next Day Air® Freight and UPS 2nd Day Air® Freight rates for shipments within and between the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will increase 5.9%. UPS 3 Day Freight® rates will remain unchanged.

To review these new rates, as well as changes to accessorial rates and customs brokerage fees, visit ups.com/rates.
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