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 "site": "https://parcelaccessorials.com",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "attribution": "ParcelAccessorials.com",
 "last_reviewed": "2026-11-09",
 "coverage_start": "2025-12-01",
 "note": "Published list amounts before discounts. \"pending\" = not yet confirmed against the carrier’s own document.",
 "disclaimer": "Transcribed from public UPS and FedEx documents. Provided as is, without warranty; may contain errors. Not affiliated with UPS or FedEx. Verify with the carrier before relying on any figure.",
 "terms": "https://parcelaccessorials.com/terms",
 "data_sources": "https://parcelaccessorials.com/data-sources",
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   "date": "2025-12-22",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS 2026 surcharge increases take effect",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package",
    "residential",
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "New amounts for Additional Handling, Large Package, Residential, Delivery Area and other charges. Additional Handling Weight, zone 2, rose from $43.50 to $46.50.",
   "src": "ups_preview_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:f8d97e17-7ef9-48af-b8ce-b5c9bbf0be6a/original/as/preview-accessorial-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-01-05",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx 2026 surcharge increases take effect",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package",
    "residential",
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "Residential Delivery Charge (Ground and Home Delivery) rose from $5.95 to $6.45; Delivery Area Surcharge, residential, from $6.20 to $6.60.",
   "src": "fedex_changes_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/surcharge_and_fee_changes_2026.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-01-12",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx adds cubic-volume and weight criteria",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package"
   ],
   "text": "Additional Handling Surcharge — Dimension now applies above 10,368 cubic inches; Oversize Charge above 17,280 cubic inches or 110 lb actual weight.",
   "src": "fedex_rate_changes_intl",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-ky/shipping/rates/rate-changes.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-01-26",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS adds cubic-size and weight criteria",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package"
   ],
   "text": "Additional Handling now applies above 10,368 cubic inches; Large Package Surcharge above 17,280 cubic inches or 110 lb.",
   "src": "ups_preview_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:f8d97e17-7ef9-48af-b8ce-b5c9bbf0be6a/original/as/preview-accessorial-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-20",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx updates Delivery Area Surcharge ZIP lists",
   "cats": [
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "New ZIP code lists for the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Intra-Hawaii took effect.",
   "src": "fedex_additional_fees",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/additional-shipping-fees.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-26",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS publishes 2026–27 demand surcharges",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Size-based demand charges from Sept. 27, 2026; service demand charges from Oct. 25. Peak-of-peak Nov. 22 – Dec. 26: Additional Handling $11.90, Large Package $117.50, Over Maximum $590.",
   "src": "ups_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:2c542692-de10-4fa3-b507-3b4f181e0953/original/as/demand-surcharges-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-21",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx renames Demand — Unauthorized and extends non-standard demand fees internationally",
   "cats": [
    "demand",
    "over-maximum"
   ],
   "text": "Demand — Ground Unauthorized Package Charge becomes Demand — Unauthorized Charge; demand non-standard fees also apply to international packages (International Ground excluded).",
   "src": "fedex_additional_fees",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/additional-shipping-fees.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-27",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS size-based demand surcharges begin",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Additional Handling $8.75, Large Package $96.25, Over Maximum $530 per package until Nov. 21.",
   "src": "ups_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:2c542692-de10-4fa3-b507-3b4f181e0953/original/as/demand-surcharges-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-28",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx size-based demand surcharges begin",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Demand — Additional Handling $8.80, Demand — Oversize $95.75, Demand — Unauthorized $535 per package until Nov. 22.",
   "src": "fedex_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/demand-surcharges.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-25",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS service-level demand surcharges begin",
   "cats": [
    "demand",
    "residential"
   ],
   "text": "Ground Residential and Ground Saver $0.50; Air Residential $1.35 per package until Nov. 21.",
   "src": "ups_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:2c542692-de10-4fa3-b507-3b4f181e0953/original/as/demand-surcharges-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-26",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx service-level demand surcharges begin",
   "cats": [
    "demand",
    "residential"
   ],
   "text": "Ground Residential and Home Delivery $0.50; Overnight $1.30; 2Day and Express Saver $1.20; Ground Economy $2.55 until Nov. 22.",
   "src": "fedex_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/demand-surcharges.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-02",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS changes its domestic fuel surcharge tables",
   "cats": [
    "fuel"
   ],
   "text": "New U.S. Ground Domestic, Ground Saver and Domestic Air fuel surcharge tables took effect Nov. 2, 2026. Surcharges still adjust weekly from the diesel and Gulf Coast jet fuel indexes.",
   "src": "ups_home_updates",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.ups.com/us/en/home"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-09",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx updates its domestic fuel surcharge tables",
   "cats": [
    "fuel"
   ],
   "text": "FedEx adjusted its fuel surcharges and updated the tables for domestic services effective Nov. 9, 2026.",
   "src": "fedex_rate_changes_us",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-16",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS Protected Delivery launches",
   "cats": [
    "signature"
   ],
   "text": "UPS requests a secure PIN at delivery and releases the shipment only after it is confirmed. $10.70 per shipment.",
   "src": "ups_updates_page",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-costs-rates"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-22",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS peak-of-peak demand period",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Highest demand amounts through Dec. 26, 2026.",
   "src": "ups_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:2c542692-de10-4fa3-b507-3b4f181e0953/original/as/demand-surcharges-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-23",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx peak-of-peak demand period",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Highest demand amounts through Dec. 27, 2026.",
   "src": "fedex_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/demand-surcharges.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-12-21",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS 2027 rules change",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "Daily Rates rise an average net 5.9%. Additional Handling minimum billable weight rises from 40 lb to 50 lb. The Area Surcharge ZIP list and some ZIP-to-zone assignments change. A per-package Surge Fee applies to domestic Ground and Ground Saver shipments from certain origin ZIP codes for qualified customers.",
   "src": "ups_updates_page",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-costs-rates"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-12-21",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS 2027 surcharge amounts take effect",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package",
    "residential",
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "New amounts for Residential, Delivery Area, Additional Handling, Large Package and other charges, from UPS’s preview of 2027 value-added services and other charges.",
   "src": "ups_preview_2027",
   "status": "pending",
   "source_url": "https://delivery-p55671-e392469.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:1ef72ab1-a7b1-49b9-b295-a1a8d376e78a/original/as/preview-changes-package-value-added-services-other-charges.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-04",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx Delivery Area and Pickup Area ZIP lists change",
   "cats": [
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "New 2027 Delivery Area Surcharge and Pickup Area Surcharge ZIP code lists for FedEx U.S. package services take effect with the 2027 rates.",
   "src": "fedex_rate_changes_us",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-04",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS discontinues paper shipping documents",
   "cats": [
    "address-correction"
   ],
   "text": "Shipments tendered with an Air Shipping Document carry a $5.00 per-package surcharge; with a UPS 3 Day Select or Ground Shipping Document, $10.00 per package.",
   "src": "ups_updates_page",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-costs-rates"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-04",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx 2027 surcharge changes and DAS ZIP list update",
   "cats": [
    "additional-handling",
    "large-package",
    "residential",
    "delivery-area-surcharge"
   ],
   "text": "New surcharge amounts take effect, and the Delivery Area Surcharge and Pickup Area Surcharge ZIP lists change.",
   "src": "fedex_changes_2027",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/surcharge_and_fee_changes_2027.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-16",
   "carrier": "UPS",
   "title": "UPS demand surcharges end (as scheduled)",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Last day of the published 2026–27 UPS demand periods. UPS says periods may be extended.",
   "src": "ups_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:2c542692-de10-4fa3-b507-3b4f181e0953/original/as/demand-surcharges-us-en.pdf"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-17",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx demand surcharges end (as scheduled)",
   "cats": [
    "demand"
   ],
   "text": "Last day of the published 2026–27 FedEx demand periods.",
   "src": "fedex_demand_2026",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes/demand-surcharges.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-01-18",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx adds paper document and paper air waybill fees",
   "cats": [
    "other"
   ],
   "text": "A $25 Paper Document Fee per shipment when trade documents are provided non-electronically, and a $5 Paper Air Waybill Fee per shipment for U.S. domestic and export shipments using manual paper airbills. The Residential Delivery Charge also extends to qualifying international shipments.",
   "src": "fedex_rate_changes_us",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes.html"
  },
  {
   "date": "2027-02-01",
   "carrier": "FedEx",
   "title": "FedEx changes zones for select U.S. ZIP pairs",
   "cats": [
    "other"
   ],
   "text": "FedEx will change the zone classification for select U.S. domestic origin-destination ZIP code pairs. Details were not published with the notice.",
   "src": "fedex_rate_changes_us",
   "status": "verified",
   "source_url": "https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/rate-changes.html"
  }
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}