What are FedEx Fuel Surcharges?
Does your company ship with FedEx? You know FedEx fuel surcharges and understand these additional costs of transportation impact profitability. Accordingly,
As a result, this keeps FedEx profitable, even when the cost of fuel rises.
Changes to the FedEx express and ground fuel surcharges will be applicable every Monday. The surcharge percentage will be reflected on the FedEx invoice. As a rule, the fuel surcharge for each week is available on Friday before the surcharge is applicable. In fact, you can find these updates if you follow our Instagram or Facebook feeds!
| Effective Date | Domestic (Express) | Export (Express) | Import (Express) | Ground Surcharge |
| Mar. 4 – Mar. 10, 2019 | 7.00% | 9.00% | 10.75% | 6.75% |
| Feb. 25 – Mar. 3, 2019 | 6.50% | 8.50% | 10.25% | 6.50% |
| Feb. 18 – Feb. 24, 2019 | 6.25% | 8.25% | 10.00% | 6.50% |
FedEx Express Fuel Surcharge Calculations
The fuel surcharge percentage is subject to weekly adjustment. It is based on the weekly U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) spot price for a gallon of kerosene-type jet fuel. The related fuel surcharge is assessed on the net package rate plus applicable transportation-related surcharges.
Additionally, this applies to the following transportation-related surcharges:
| broker select option fee | extended service area delivery | international out-of-pickup-area | oversize |
| delivery area surcharge | extended service area pickup | international premium pickup | peak — oversize |
| courier pickup | metro service area pickup | residential delivery | residential pickup |
| Saturday delivery | metro service area delivery | return on-call pickup | ExpressTag |
| delivery reattempt. | Saturday pickup. | international out-of-delivery-area | |
FedEx Ground Fuel Surcharge Calculations
Similarly, the fuel surcharge percentage is subject to weekly adjustment. It’s based on the weekly national U.S. on-highway average price for a gallon of diesel fuel. The related fuel surcharge is assessed on the net package rate plus applicable transportation-related surcharges.
Additionally, this applies to the following transportation-related surcharges:
| on-call pickup | call tag | oversize | delivery area surcharge | residential delivery. |
| peak — oversize | peak — ground unauthorized | unauthorized | Northern Canada surcharge | return on-call pickup. |
How do I lower fuel surcharges?
Every single package is subject to FedEx fuel surcharge, all shippers will be impacted by fuel surcharge.
Subsequently, FedEx fuel surcharge is the most common surcharge for all Refund Retriever clients. In conclusion, here are a few tips to lower your UPS fuel surcharges:
- Negotiate better service agreement terms on discounts and surcharges
- Negotiate FedEx fuel surcharge incentives on the agreement (10 – 50% discount on fuel surcharge)·
- Reduce the frequency of surcharges on which fuel surcharge applies.
