The logistics group DHL will increase its prices for national parcel shipping from July 1st. With the price adjustment, the company is reacting “to the significantly increased transport and wage costs as well as other general cost increases,” DHL said on Monday.
Accordingly, the price advantage for parcel and parcel brands purchased online will no longer apply in the future. The branch prices for small and medium-sized parcels will also be adjusted, DHL explained.
The price for a size S package has increased from EUR 3.79 to EUR 3.99. In future, customers will have to pay EUR 4.79 instead of EUR 4.50 to send a size M parcel. The price for the “5 kg package most frequently used by private customers”, on the other hand, will be reduced from the current EUR 7.49 to EUR 6.99, DHL explained.
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With the abolition of the price differences between brands bought online and in the branches, the company is reducing complexity and making its package prices clearer for customers, the Post said. According to Swiss Post, pack sets and plus packets are also becoming somewhat more expensive due to the increased paper costs. As well as the prices for the international shipping of parcels and packages. The reason is the sometimes “extreme increase in flight rates” and rising prices for delivery partners abroad.
Product
new branch price
new online price
old store price
old online price
DHL parcel XS, EU
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5,99 €
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4.89 €
DHL parcel M, EU
10,99 €
10,49 €
9,00 €
8.89 €
DHL parcel XS, zone 2
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8,99 €
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8.89 €
DHL parcel M, Zone 2
17,99 €
13.49 €
16,00 €
12.70 €
DHL Parcel XS, Zone 3-8
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10,99 €
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8.89 €
DHL parcel M, zone 3-8
19.49 €
17,99 €
16,00 €
15.89 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 2
30,99 €
26,90 €
29.99 €
26,90 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 2
36,99 €
34,99 €
35,99 €
34,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 2
50,99 €
48,99 €
49.99 €
48,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 2
56,99 €
55,99 €
55,99 €
55,99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 3
31,99 €
29.99 €
30,99 €
29.99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 3
39.99 €
37,99 €
38,99 €
37,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 3
54,99 €
52,99 €
53,99 €
52,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 3
61,99 €
60,99 €
60,99 €
60,99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 4
32,99 €
30,99 €
31,99 €
30,99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 4
39.99 €
37,99 €
38,99 €
37,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 4
56,99 €
54,99 €
55,99 €
54,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 4
63,99 €
62.99 €
62.99 €
62.99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 5
49.99 €
47,99 €
37,99 €
36,99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 5
79,99 €
77,99 €
54,99 €
53,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 5
144,99 €
142,99 €
76,99 €
75,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 5
209.99 €
207,99 €
105,99 €
105,99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 6
39.99 €
37,99 €
38,99 €
37,99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 6
53,99 €
51,99 €
52,99 €
51,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 6
73,99 €
71,99 €
72,99 €
71,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 6
99.99 €
98,99 €
98,99 €
98,99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 7
44,99 €
42,99 €
43,99 €
42,99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 7
60,99 €
58,99 €
59.99 €
58,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 7
96,99 €
94,99 €
95,99 €
94,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 7
126,99 €
125,99 €
125,99 €
125,99 €
DHL Package en 5 kg, Zone 8
47,99 €
45,99 €
46,99 €
45,99 €
DHL Package bis 10 kg, Zone 8
63,99 €
61,99 €
62.99 €
61,99 €
DHL Package en 20 kg, Zone 8
102,99 €
100,99 €
101,99 €
100,99 €
DHL Package en 31.5 kg, Zone 8
132,99 €
131,99 €
131,99 €
131,99 €
Premium bis 5 kg, Zone 5
7.50 €
16,00 €
16,00 €
Premium bis10kg,Zone5
13,00 €
34,00 €
34,00 €
Premium bis 20kg,Zone5
19.00 €
66,00 €
66,00 €
Premium bis 31,5 kg, Zone 5
24.00 €
90.00 €
90.00 €
When shipping to non-European countries, however, buying parcels and parcel stamps on the Internet can still be worthwhile: the price difference remains here.
At the beginning of June, Deutsche Post DHL put the first mega parcel center in East Germany into operation in Ludwigsfelde (Brandenburg). According to the company, it invested a low three-digit million amount in the location. The background to this is the growing number of parcels due to increasing e-commerce. In addition to the two locations in Obertshausen (Hesse) and Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia), Ludwigsfelde is one of the largest of the 37 parcel centers in Germany.
According to the information in Ludwigsfelde, around 550 people are currently employed, and when full capacity is expected by the end of 2024, there should be around 600 jobs.
With the new parcel center, which has a sorting capacity of 50,000 items per hour, the two existing parcel centers for the Berlin area in Rüdersdorf and Börnicke could be relieved, said Tobias Meyer, Board Member for Post and Parcel Germany at Deutsche Post DHL Group.
