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eNews – March 2026
Hongkong Post to adjust principal postage rates and the postage rates for local bulk mail service with effect from 13 April 2026
The principal postage rates and the postage rates for Local Bulk Mail Service will be adjusted with effect from 13 April 2026.
Hongkong Post is committed to providing reliable and efficient postal services to the public at reasonable prices. However, there is a need to periodically adjust postage rates in order to offset escalating operating costs, in particular increases in major cost components such as conveyance costs and terminal dues payments.
The current postage adjustments are broadly in line with the cumulative inflation since the last adjustments in September 2022 up to January 2026. Overall, the postage increases for over 90 percent of local mail and surface mail will be within $0.2, while those for 90 percent of airmail will be within $0.5. The expected impacts on both the general public and the commercial sectors are considered to be very mild.
The principal postage adjustments of the basic tiers for posting letters will be as follows:
- local letters weighing 30 grams or less will be adjusted from the existing postage of $2.2 to $2.4;
- letters by airmail weighing 20 grams or less to Chinese Mainland and Taiwan will be adjusted from the existing postage of $3.7 to $3.9, while those to other places will be adjusted from $4.0 - $5.5 to $4.2 - $5.8; and
- letters by surface mail weighing 20 grams or lessto Chinese Mainland, Macao and Taiwan will be adjusted from the existing postage of $2.8 to $3.0, while those to other places will be adjusted from $3.5 - $5.3 to $3.7 - $5.6.
In response to the adjustment of principal postage rates, the postage rates for Local Bulk Mail will also be adjusted on the same day accordingly as follows.
| Local Bulk Mail Service | Local Principal Postage Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk Economy # | Bulk Ordinary * | Ordinary | |||||
| Weight Not Exceeding | MLSS Compliant | Non-MLSS Compliant | MLSS Compliant | Small Letter | Large Letter | Packet | |
| Small Letter | Small Letter | Large Letter | Small Letter | ||||
| 30 g | $2.15 | $2.35 | $4.10 | $2.20 | $2.40 | $4.30 | $5.90 |
| 50 g | $3.15 | $3.45 | $3.20 | $3.50 | |||
| 100 g | $5.30 | $5.60 | |||||
| 250 g | $7.70 | $8.20 | $8.50 | ||||
| 500 g | $14.15 | $14.90 | $15.80 | ||||
| 1 kg | $30.40 | ||||||
| 2 kg | $48.40 | ||||||
With the development of information technology, electronic communication is replacing traditional correspondence while market competition from commercial delivery services is severe. These pose great challenges to Hongkong Post's business. Hongkong Post has been actively pursuing transformation and will continue with its efforts to generate revenue through development in e-Commerce businesses and manage its costs with a view to providing affordable and quality universal postal services.
The public may refer to the Hongkong Post website (www.hongkongpost.hk) for more information.
For enquiries, please call the Hongkong Post Enquiry Hotline 2921 2222.