From January 1, 2025, sending a letter or parcel will cost more. La Poste announces an increase in its prices, justified by inflation and the drop in mail volume. We tell you everything.
From January 1, 2025, the French will have to pay more to send their mail and parcels. La Poste announced an average increase of 6.8% in its prices, justified by inflation and the continued decline in mail volume. This measure, communicated last July, is part of a difficult economic context where many sectors are seeing their prices increase. La Poste justifies this increase by two main factors, namely the drop in mail volume. Indeed, with the rise of digital communications, letter sending has fallen drastically in recent years.
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But also l’inflation. Like many sectors, La Poste's operating costs have increased, in particular due to rising energy prices and wages, as Service-public.fr explains. However, French households already seem to have reduced their postal spending. According to the Service-public.fr website, in 2024, a household spends on average €29 per year at postal costs, against €48 in 2015. This expenditure should further decrease by 3% in 2025despite the increase in prices, reflecting less use of postal services.
What are the new stamp prices?
The most commonly used stamps recorded notable increases:
- Green letter : the price goes from €1.29 to €1.39, an increase of 7.7%.
- Letter services plus : the price increases from €2.99 to €3.15.
- Registered letter (20 g) : from €5.36 to €5.74.
- International letter (20 g) : from €1.96 to €2.10.
Only thered e-letternow entirely dematerialized, remains at €1.49, just like the tracking stickermaintained at €0.50.
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The prices of Colissimowidely used for sending parcels, will increase on average by 5,2 %whether for shipments in France or internationally. For consumers wishing to limit their spending, a solution exists: use the service MonTimbrenLigne to print your stamps at home. This service offers a slight discount: a Green Letter will cost, for example, €1.35 compared to €1.39 at the counter.
An increase in the French budget
This increase in postal rates is part of a general trend of increasing costs in several sectors, directly affecting the purchasing power of the French. In addition to stamps and parcels, other items of expenditure have recently seen their prices rise, including tobaccowhere the price of packs of cigarettes has crossed the threshold of 12 € in certain brands, with a further increase expected in 2025. Bank charges have also evolved with an increase between 2 and 3% in 2025, according to a recent study. Account maintenance fees and day-to-day transactions are becoming more and more expensive. Concerning energy, electricity and gas bills continue to weigh on households, with regular increases since 2023.
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For many French people, these successive increases represent an additional burden that is difficult to absorb. La Poste, for its part, is trying to reassure by highlighting its efforts to modernize its services. However, for many, these increases symbolize a continued erosion of purchasing power, in an already tense economic climate.
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