Postal Processing

Postal Processing In 2005, the USPS handled 25 billion pieces of first-class mail and periodicals, and 25 billion pieces of marketing mail, which includes flyers, circulars, advertising, newsletters, bulletins, catalogs, and small parcels. Since then, first-class volume has fallen by 56% to 11 billion pieces. Marketing mail volume fell by 24% to about 19 billion by 12/31/19, but has since collapsed to 12 billion! Since 2005, USPS employment has fallen by 22%.