Total Mail Volume for April, FY 2005 was 195 million pieces or 1.1% below same period last year (SPLY). First- Class Mail, Express Mail, Periodicals, International and All Other mail categories were below their SPLY levels. First- Class Mail and Periodicals were 275 million pieces and 89 million pieces below SPLY, respectively. Standard Mail volumes were 164 million pieces above SPLY.
Year- to- date, Total Mail Volume is 2.7% or 3.4 billion pieces above SPLY. Over 2.4 billion of the 3.4 billion piece increase occurred in November. The most significant mail volume increase above SPLY for April FY 2005 YTD is in the lower revenue- per- piece Standard Mail category, which increased 3.4 billion pieces or 6.1%. YTD, First- Class Mail volume is 0.1% less than SPLY generating $261 million or 1.2% less revenue than SPLY.
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