PHILIPPINE POSTAL CORPORATION

PHILPOST ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 00-10

27 December 2000

Subject: Classification of Mail and Respective Rates in the Domestic Service, Revision of Effective 01 January 2001, domestic mail classification shall no longer be as to contents but by the manner of handling and onward transmission. On the other hand, rates shall be on a regional basis.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF MAIL:

  1. Ordinary Mail – This service no longer classify as to contents. It includes postcards/postal cards, letters, printed matter, small packets, or samples of merchandise, mailed by the general public, with dimensions of not less than 9cm x 14cm nor more than 90cm length and girth combined and with a maximum weight and dimension is exceeded, the mail item shall automatically be classified as parcel or express mail, at the option of the sender. This is an all-up unrecorded service.
  2. Length is the greatest distance in a straight line between the two ends of a piece of mail.

    Girth is the measurement encircling the piece of mail at its thickest part.

  3. Priority Mail – the same make up, measurements and weight limits as ordinary mail. This is also an all up service which is unrecorded from acceptance and onward transmission to the officer of delivery. At the office of delivery, this shall be recorded and delivered under receipt by the addressee or his/her authorized representative. Priority Mail supersedes the special delivery service.
  4. Express Mail Service – Any mailable item posted for delivery within the EMS domestic network. This is a premium door-to-door service fully recorded from acceptance to delivery. Maximum weight is 20kg. Maximum dimensions are 3.5 feet in length, 6 feet length and girth combined.
  5. Parcel Service - Mail items exceeding the maximum weight or dimension, or both, of the ordinary mail category. Parcels may either be sent through the domestic parcel service or the domestic express mail service. Parcels sent through the domestic parcel service shall be delivered at the counter. Maximum weight and dimensions are the same as that Express Mail Service above.
  6. Other Mail Services

    • Unaddress Advertising Mail – Refer to Administrative Order No. 97-02.
    • Address Verification Service – Refer to Address Check Service.
    • Business Reply Service – Business Reply Cards and Envelops.

  1. Add-on Services

    • Mail Registration – Ordinary items that are recorded from acceptance to delivery when so desired by the sender.
    • Restricted Delivery – Registered items for delivery to the addressee only.
    • Registry Return Receipt – Return Card attached to a registered mail item to show proof of delivery.
    • Collect on Delivery – Mail items sent whereby the addressee pays for the value of the item before delivery and which payment is sent by money order to the sender, after deducting the commission due thereon, by the delivery office.

  1. Basis of the Regional Pricing Scheme:

    • Intra-Regional Mails are mail items posted and intended for delivery within each of the postal regions.
    • Inter Regional Mails are posted mail items intended for delivery to another postal region. Onward transmission of these mail items shall be by the fastest route –either by land, air or sea.
    • Airlift Fee – Abolished.

 

TABLE OF POSTAL RATES AND CHARGES:

Rates for Domestic Express Mail Service (DEMS)

Region

1s to 20 g

21 to 40 g

41 to 60 g

61 to 80 g

81 to 100g

Intra-Regional

P20.00

25.00

30.00

45.00

40.00

Inter-Regional

P30.00

35.00

40.00

45.00

50.00

 Region

101 to 250 g

251 to 500 g

501 to 1000 g

1001 to 1500 g

1501 to 2000 g

Intra-Regional

50.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

Inter-Regional

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

150.00

Each Additional 500 g or less: Intra-Region – P15.00

Inter-Region - P20.00

 Rates for Priority Mail Service

Region

1st to 20 g

21 to 40 g

41 to 60 g

61 to 80 g

81 to 100g

Intra-Regional

P10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

Inter-Regional

P15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

40.00

 

 Region

101 to 250 g

251 to 500 g

501 to 1000 g

1001 to 1500 g

1501 to 2000 g

Intra

40.00

60.00

80.00

90.00

110.00

Inter

50.00

70.00

90.00

110.00

130.00


Rates for Ordinary mail Service

 Region

1st to 20 g

21 to 40 g

41 to 60 g

61 to 80 g

81 to 100g

Intra-Regional

P5.00

12.00

16.00

20.00

25.00

Inter-Regional

P5.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

32.00

 Region

101 to 250 g

251 to 500 g

501 to 1000 g

1001 to 1500 g

1501 to 2000 g

Intra

30.00

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

Inter

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

Domestic Parcel Rates Up to 2 kg

Each Additional 500 g or less

Inter-Regional

P80.00

P20.00

Intra-Regional

P65.00

P15.00

Unaddress Advertising Mail

 

Residential Area (Door to Door Deivery)

P4.00

Post Office Box Delivery

P3.00

Address Verification Fee

P3.00 for each address verified

Business Reply Service (Domestic)

P5.00 per card or envelope


Other Charges:

* Registry Fee

P5.00 per item in addition to the regular postage

* Restricted Delivery Fee (Deliver to Addressee Only)

P5.00 per registered mail item

* Registry Return Receipt (RRR)

P5.00 in postage stamp to be affixed to RRR

* Int’l, Business Reply Service (To be collected on all incoming International Business Card/Envelope)

P10.00

* Postal Identity Card

P75.00

* Presentation to Customs Charge

P20.00

* M-Bag Fee

P75.00

* Certification Fee

P20.00

* Post Office Box Rental per quarter

 

Small

P120.00

Medium

P240.00

Large

P360.00

* Box key Charge

P70.00

* Airlift Fee

Abolished

* Collect on Delivery (COD) Commission (To be deducted from the face value of the COD item at the office of delivery)

Up to P250.00

P250.00 to P500.00

P500.01 to P1000.00

Each Additional P1000.00 or less Up to 15,000.00

P15.00

P20.00

P30.00

P20.00

All previous Administrative Orders and other issuance’s inconsistent herewith are deemed superseded or amended, as the case maybe.

 

(Sgd.) NICASIO P. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
Postmaster General & CEO


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