Post, from March 31st increases in rates: more dear to send letters, packages and receive road fines

They start from today 31 March The increases in the rates applied by Poste Italiane. Assounts reminds him, which underlines how to send letters, parcels and recommended in Italy or to foreign countries will be more expensive for both consumers and companies, while motorists will undergo an increase in the costs of notification of road fines.

The resolution

With resolution 51/25/Cons of 14 March 2025, in fact, Poste Italia has modified the economic conditions of the universal services of correspondence and shipments, explains Assoutenti. Specifically, Starting from March 31, 2025, The economic conditions of the services offered through business channels and, Starting from April 3, 2025the economic conditions of the services offered through retail channels.

Examples

But what changes concretely? To send a letter weighing less than 20 grams, the expense will go from 1.25 to 1.30 euros; For a registered letter of the same weight, the rate goes from 5.80 to 6.00 euros; The expense for a letter ensured by the standard format, with insured value of up to € 50, will vary from 6.40 to 6.65 euros. To send a package to Italy with weight up to 3 kg, the rate rises from 9.90 to 10.30 euros, if the same package is sent abroad, the cost passes (zone 1, weight up to 1 kg) from 24.80 to 25.80 euros.

Fines

Motorists will also be affected by the tariff increases, always recalls Assoutenti. In fact, the notification costs of the judicial documents, including sanctions for violation of the highway code, rise from 11.60 to 12.40 euros. « We hope that these tariff increases will counter an improvement in the services rendered to users, in terms of punctuality in the deliveries of letters and parcels, » says the President of Assoutenti, Gabriele Melluso. As far as road fines are concerned, the tool of digital notifications must be enhanced, i.e. the Send, and its dissemination to citizens: it is a service that allows the PA to send notifications, acts and fines digitally through the app, by reducing the postal cost for citizens « .