RAWALPINDI, Jun 27 (APP): The Pakistan Post has decided to collect charges for parcels, both general and Express Services Parcels (EMS), for domestic and foreign countries under volumetric system instead of actual weight from July 1.
A General Post Office Rawalpindi spokesperson told APP on Friday that the private courier companies in other countries were charging their customers for parcels under the volumetric system, which was now being implemented by the Pakistan Post also.
Under the volumetric method, the spokesman said, the weight of a parcel would be calculated by multiplying its length, width and height in centimeters and then dividing it by 5000.
He said the Pakistan Post Head Office, in a circular, explained that the institution was incurring heavy costs instead of generating income from large-volume low-weight parcels. The new step would increase revenue and reduce expenses, he added.
“Those who unnecessarily use large-volume packets will have to pay charges much higher than the actual weight. The actual weight limit for these services has been maintained at 30 kilograms, however, a list of additional charges has also been issued in case of increase in volumetric measurement.”
The decision to the effect was approved at a meeting of the Postal Services Management Board, the spokesman said.