Priority and express volumes at U.S. Postal Service declined during the organization’s fiscal third quarter, while parcel post shipments increased slightly, the postal service said.
Priority mail volumes fell 2.8% to 215 million, express volumes slipped .5% to 14.2 million and parcel post volumes rose .7% to 78.3 million.
Total revenue for the quarter rose to $18.4 billion, a 2.9% gain compared with the previous third quarter, according to the postal service.
The postal service competes directly with UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. for priority, express and parcel freight.
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