Postage Rates

Inland Letter and Parcel Postage Rates

Letter
- Non-Bulk Letter Mail Postage Rates (Standard and Non-Standard Items)
- Criteria for Standard Items
Delivery Standards
Parcels
Circular Service

Letter

Non-Bulk Letter Mail Postage Rates

Weight not exceeding	First Class
Weight not exceeding	Standard Items ($)	Non-standard Items ($)
30gm	1.40	1.40
50gm	2.20	2.20
100gm	-	3.00
150gm	-	3.70
200gm	-	4.00
250gm	-	4.40
500gm	-	8.20
1kg	-	16.40
2kg	-	28.00
	Maximum Weight: 2kg

Criteria for Standard Items

Standard items should be amenable to processing by the Merchanised Letter Sorting System of the Hongkong Post and therefore meet the following conditions which are indicative and not meant to be exhaustive :

Weight :	50g or below
Size :	Minimum : 90mm x 140mm Maximum : 167mm x 260mm
Thickness :	Minimum : 0.25mm Maximum : 7.00mm
Envelope :	Non-glossy paper of a light colour (Wrappers with open ends are not admissible)
Clearance zone :	The bottom 15mm zone of the envelope must be left blank for printing bar codes

More Discounts in Local Bulk Mail

* The revised Local Bulk Mail Discount Scheme will be implemented on 1 August 2011, please click here for the details.

Franked, postage prepaid and permit mail
Pre-sort Discount Scheme (for franked and permit mail only)

A postage discount is available for presorting:

A 10% discount for items presorted to Post Office Delivery Districts
A 20% discount for items presorted to Postmen's Delivery BeatsDetails of delivery districts and Postmen's delivery beats will be provided by Hongkong Post.

Charge:

Standard Mail

Weight Not Exceeding	Not pre-sorted		Pre-sorted to Delivery Districts		Pre-sorted to Postmen's Beats
Weight Not Exceeding	First Class	Bulk Economy	First Class	Bulk Economy	First Class	Bulk Economy
30g	$1.30	$1.25	$1.30	$1.25	$1.08	$1.00
50g	$2.00	$1.84	$2.00	$1.84	$1.61	$1.49

Non-Standard Mail

No discounts for all types of non-standard, not pre-sorted mail

Weight Not Exceeding	Not pre-sorted		Pre-sorted to Delivery Districts		Pre-sorted to Postmen's Beats
Weight Not Exceeding	First Class	Bulk Economy	First Class	Bulk Economy	First Class	Bulk Economy
30g	$1.40	$1.29	$1.30	$1.25	$1.08	$1.00
50g	$2.20	$1.94	$2.00	$1.84	$1.61	$1.49
100g	$3.00	$2.52	$2.70	$2.27	$2.40	$2.02
150g	$3.70	$3.07	$3.33	$2.76	$2.96	$2.46
200g	$4.00	$3.32	$3.60	$2.99	$3.20	$2.66
250g	$4.40	$3.61	$3.96	$3.25	$3.52	$2.89
500g	$8.20	$6.90	$7.38	$6.21	$6.56	$5.52
1kg	$16.40	$11.00	$14.76	$9.90	$13.12	$8.80
2kg	$28.00	$22.00	$25.20	$19.80	$22.40	$17.60

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Minimum quantity of 2,000 items per postingsent by the same sender. (Items under different payment methods cannot be aggregated for the purpose of meeting minimum quantity.)
Items need to be identical in shape, size and weight.
Items need to be properly faced and either boxed or bundled in 100's or multiples of 100.
Items of different categories need to be clearly segregated at the time of posting.
Pre-sorted items must be presented at General Post Office or International Mail Centre Post Office for posting.
Under Pre-sort Di scount Scheme, no discount will be offered if the missort rate exceeds:
1. 0.1% for presorted delivery districts, or
2. 0.5% for presorted delivery beats
The word "Economy" should be marked on the address side at the top left-hand corner of the envelope for identification.

Application to use franked and/or permit mail service should be made beforehand to the Postmaster General,Hongkong Post Headquarters,2 Connaught Place, Hong Kong. For further information, please ring the Hongkong Post Telephone Enquiry Bureau on 2921 2222.

Delivery Standards

First Class - to be delivered on the next working day
Bulk Economy - to be delivered within three working days

Parcels

First 1 kg or part thereof	$27.00
Each additional 1 kg or part thereof	$10.00
Max. weight	20 kg
Size Limit:	Length 1.50m, length and girth combined 3m

Circular Service

Weight per item not exceeding	Circular Service Postage		Premium Circular Service Postage
Weight per item not exceeding	General Areas	Outlying Islands & Rural Areas	Premium Circular Service Postage
30g	$0.90	$1.30	Standard service rates apply. In addition, a target selection service fee of $3,000 will be charged on top of postage.
50g	$1.30	$2.00
100g	$1.80	$2.70
150g	$2.00	$3.40

For accumulated postings with quantities of 200,000 items or above in a calendar month (irrespective of the number of calendar days in that particular month), you can enjoy special volume discounts – 5% discount for 200,000 up to 500,000 and 10% discount for more than 500,000. To enjoy the discounts for accumulated postings in a calendar month, please send the completed application form with the original copies of the posting receipts to our Financial Services Division within 15 calendar days following end of the calendar month. For enquiries, please call 2921 2148.

* All selected households of the Premium Circular Service will be categorized under selected delivery districts and no detailed building lists will be provided.