After the increase in gas and water prices this year, many French people will have to pay next year if they want to continue using this type of service, which concerns all individuals as well as professionals. The price also increases at the start of each year and over the past five years, there has been an increase of more than 45%! Already at the start of 2024, “tariff adjustments” have been applied to certain products with the aim of “to ensure the sustainability of the universal postal service”, La Poste announced in a press release published at the end of August.
In fact, new increases are planned from January 1, 2025 for postal rates. Among these products: stamps, registered letters, “services plus” letters and Colissimo for individuals. La Poste is therefore once again continuing along this path, as part of the implementation of the multi-annual pricing framework set by Arcep (Regulatory Authority for electronic communications, posts and press distribution) for the period 2024-2025. Sending a letter or a parcel will cost you more in 2025: the increase stands at 6.8%, compared to 8.3% in 2024. And if you think you will only pay one or two cents more for a simple letter, you will be surprised. The bill will be much higher…
Concretely, a green letter will soon cost you 1.39 euros compared to 1.29 euros previously. The price of a green tracked letter will cost 1.89 euros compared to 1.79 euros, a “service plus” letter with tracking 3.15 euros instead of 2.99 euros currently. As for registered mail: sending a registered letter will cost 5.74 euros compared to 5.36 euros, an international letter will now cost 2.10 euros.
Faced with these increases, La Poste defends itself by explaining that “These developments make it possible to ensure the sustainability of the universal postal service with high quality in a context of inflation and falling mail volumes.” In short, the less mail we send, the more expensive it is… not sure that the trend will be reversed.