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Fuel table changes in 2026
Carriers move fuel surcharges two ways: weekly with the fuel index, and occasionally by rewriting the table itself. This log tracks the second kind.
Short answer. UPS changed its domestic fuel tables effective Nov. 2, 2026 and FedEx effective Nov. 9, 2026 (both verified on the carriers’ pages). UPS also announced domestic fuel surcharge changes effective March 9 and April 13, 2026. At the same fuel price, a table change can add a fraction of a percentage point or more; each 1 percentage point is $10,000 per $1 million of fuel-assessable charges before fuel discounts.
- FedEx Verified
Domestic services
FedEx adjusted its fuel surcharges and updated the tables for domestic services. FedEx source - UPS Verified
Ground Domestic, Ground Saver and Domestic Air
New fuel surcharge tables. Ground stays tied to the national average on-highway diesel price and Domestic Air to the U.S. Gulf Coast jet fuel price, both adjusted weekly. UPS source - UPS Verified
Domestic and international Ground and Air
UPS notice: the domestic Ground, Ground Saver and Domestic Air fuel surcharges changed, as did the International Ground Export Import and International Air Export and Import fuel surcharges. UPS source - UPS Verified
Ground Domestic, Ground Saver and Domestic Air
UPS notice: the U.S. Ground Domestic and UPS Ground Saver fuel surcharge and the U.S. Domestic Air fuel surcharge changed. UPS source
Caveats.
- Every entry is from a UPS or FedEx notice. Carriers do not publish the size of each table change, so none is estimated here.
- Percentages are compared in percentage points.
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Data notice. Figures are published list amounts we transcribe from public UPS and FedEx documents. They can contain errors and are provided as is; we are not responsible for errors or omissions. Confirm with the carrier before relying on any figure. How we get our data · Disclaimer · Report an error