PostNL to adjust stamp prices from 1 July
The Hague, the Netherlands, 6 May 2024 – PostNL will adjust prices for sending letters with effect from 1 July. The price of stamps for letters in the Netherlands will change to €1.14 from €1.09 today – a necessary interim price increase as less and less mail is being sent and costs are rising steeply. The new domestic stamp price as well as other price changes are within the scope granted to PostNL by the government every year.
A necessary change to sustain the postal service
Maurice Unck, Director of Mail at PostNL, said: “Every day, we at PostNL make sure that everyone across the country is able to send and receive their mail, with some 25,000 postal workers doing everything in their power to make that happen. Labour costs, which account for around 80% of our total costs, have surged in the past few years, at the same time as fewer and fewer letters are being sent. In combination, this makes for a great deal of pressure in terms of keeping our postal service going. We don’t like confronting consumers with interim price rises, but we must, as we’re still delivering post five days a week while there’s a lot less mail and costs keep on rising.”
2024 prices for mail and parcels
The price for a stamp on letters in the Netherlands is going up by €0.05 to €1.14, while the basic rate for letters abroad will be €1.80, up from €1.75. Prices for sending regular parcels will remain unchanged.
Registered mail will cost €1 more. To safeguard the quality of registered mail, PostNL has set up a separate network for delivering these items, which is a more costly service to operate.
In 2024, the price of PostNL’s December stamps will be €1.06, 8 eurocents less than regular stamps. 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 or other designated stamp outlets.
PostNL’s full product offering and prices can be found at postnl.nl/tarieven/juli-2024
Future-proof and financially healthy
PostNL is looking for a change to the postal service that better reflects customer and consumer expectations as well as today’s current labour market. At the moment, a card or letter posted today must be delivered tomorrow. PostNL wants to move to a situation where post mailed today will be delivered within two days and, in time, within three. This requires a change to postal rules and regulations to help PostNL adapt its network further and keep the postal service future-proof and financially healthy.
About PostNL
We are PostNL, here for everyone, bringing it all together for 225 years. With an extensive network of nearly 5,800 PostNL points, 11,000 letterboxes, and over 900 automated, also open to various carriers, along with millions of users of the PostNL app, we're always close by. We aim to be everyone's favourite deliverer by making it as easy as possible to send and receive parcels and mail. With nearly 34,000 colleagues working with us, we are part of society. We offer a range of services, including mail and parcel delivery, logistic e-commerce solutions, and cross-border solutions. On an average weekday in the Benelux, we deliver 1.1 million parcels and 6.9 million letters. We are commitment to customer satisfaction, providing opportunities for our employees, and generating value for our stakeholders through growth, digitalisation, and sustainability.
We optimise and support our physical networks through the use of smart digital solutions and introduce new propositions that add value for our customers. And aim for sustainable employment relationships by being a good employer to all people working with and for us. We focus on sustainability, making many journeys on foot and by bicycle, increasingly using cleaner fuels and electric vehicles, and offering innovative city logistics. PostNL N.V. is a publicly traded company with a turnover of €3.2 billion in 2023, 62% of which e-commerce related.