According to the Postalnews Blog, "One of the periodic reports the USPS files with the Postal Regulatory Commission is a spreadsheet showing historic volume trends for the various classes of mail. The USPS updated their spreadsheet with 2009 fiscal year data, and it's worth taking a look at the numbers to remind ourselves that regardless of how the CSRS and retiree health benefits issues are resolved, the USPS faces tough times ahead.... "Aside from the obvious rise and subsequent drop in total volume, a couple of items stand out:
* Volumes began to grow more rapidly when workshare discounts were introduced
* The vast majority of volume growth in the 80s, and all of the growth in the 90s came from workshared volumes
* Total first class volume peaked in 2001 with 103.6 billion pieces
* Workshared first class volume peaked in 2007 at just under 50 billion pieces
* Single piece volume peaked twenty years ago, in 1990, and has been dropping ever since
* Workshared volume has constituted the majority of first class mail since 2003- last year 58.3% of first class was workshared."
Read the full post here.
* Volumes began to grow more rapidly when workshare discounts were introduced
* The vast majority of volume growth in the 80s, and all of the growth in the 90s came from workshared volumes
* Total first class volume peaked in 2001 with 103.6 billion pieces
* Workshared first class volume peaked in 2007 at just under 50 billion pieces
* Single piece volume peaked twenty years ago, in 1990, and has been dropping ever since
* Workshared volume has constituted the majority of first class mail since 2003- last year 58.3% of first class was workshared."
Read the full post here.
