Swiss Post will increase several letter-mail prices from January 1, 2027, under a three-year agreement reached with Switzerland’s Price Supervisor. Parcel prices for private customers and small and medium-sized businesses will remain unchanged through the end of 2029.
The price of a standard A-Post letter will increase by 20 centimes, from CHF 1.20 to CHF 1.40. A standard B-Post letter will rise from CHF 1.00 to CHF 1.10.
The new standard category will apply to letters weighing up to 50 grams, compared with the current limit of 100 grams. Swiss Post and the Price Supervisor said more than 95% of letters currently classified as standard fall within the new 50-gram limit.
The agreed prices will apply from 1 January 2027 until 31 December 2029. The arrangement follows negotiations between Swiss Post and the Price Supervisor over how to respond to declining letter volumes and rising costs.
“Since 2010, letter volumes have fallen by two-fifths. At the same time, the costs of the universal service remain largely constant. We’re under pressure to take action,” said CEO Pascal Grieder.
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Swiss Post To Raise Letter Prices: New Letter Categories
The agreement will also change the way certain domestic letters are classified. Midi letters will cover items weighing between 51 and 500 grams.
For A-Post, the price of a large letter will rise from CHF 2.50 to CHF 2.75, while the price of a midi letter will remain unchanged at CHF 1.70.
For B-Post, the new prices will be:
The B-Post midi-letter price will therefore fall by five centimes, even as the prices of standard and large letters increase.
Swiss Post will also introduce a new category for bulky letters, aimed at making it easier for customers to send small goods. The new service will cost CHF 4.20, below the CHF 4.50 price originally proposed by the postal service.
Prices for A-Post Plus and registered letters will increase by 20 centimes, in line with the standard A-Post increase. The adjustment affects additional letter services but does not alter the price of every postal product.
Swiss Post will not increase the prices of mail redirection, mail forwarding or customs-clearance services under the agreement.
Parcel Prices Unchanged
The agreement does not increase the list prices of domestic or international parcels. The online discount for self-labelled domestic parcels will also remain unchanged.
Private customers will continue to receive a CHF 1.50 discount when they frank Swiss domestic parcels online. Swiss Post will also continue its free home collection service for online-franked parcels through the end of 2029.
Keeping parcel prices stable was a central part of the agreement between the postal service and the Price Supervisor. The arrangement gives private customers and SMEs greater certainty over parcel costs for the next three years, even as letter prices rise.
For households, the immediate impact will be modest for individual letters but more noticeable for people and organisations that send large volumes of post. The price changes will take effect nationwide on January 1, 2027, and remain in place until the end of 2029.
