The Hague, the Netherlands, 21 October 2024 – From 1 January 2025, PostNL will change the prices for sending parcels and stamps – new prices that are inevitable in the face of declining mail volumes. These new universal service obligation (USO) prices are within the scope granted to PostNL by its regulator ACM for 2025.
Maurice Unck, Director of Mail in the Netherlands, said: “We’ve been dealing with volume declines for many years now, and particularly in post sent and received by consumers, to whom these new rates will apply. Our postmen and women have ever less mail for delivery in their bags. Whereas we used to deliver an average three letters a day at every address in the country, this number has shrunk to three a week. At the same time, costs have shot up and putting up prices has become imperative.”
From 1 January 2025, PostNL will raise its rates for sending letters within the Netherlands to €1.21 and the basic rate for letters sent abroad will be €1.90. Every year, PostNL issues special December stamps for the holiday season. The price of a PostNL December stamp will be €1.06 in 2024. A sheet of 20 December stamps will sell at €21.20 and will be available to buy from 18 November via postnl.nl, or at post offices, parcel points and other designated stamp outlets.
Sending a domestic parcel for which the delivery label is purchased online will remained unchanged at €6.95. Having the same parcel stamped at a PostNL point will be charged at a new rate of €8.25. Prices for sending parcels outside the Netherlands vary based on weight and country of destination. Rates for sending international parcels will remain largely unchanged if consumers buy their delivery labels online. A higher price will be charged for purchasing a delivery label from a PostNL point.