bpost Belgium charges a surcharge for additional services.
It is important that you are familiar with these surcharges.
All prices in Shipmondo include oil-, capacity-, environmental and energy surcharges.
Surcharge | Price excl. VAT |
Freight difference | Difference up to the correct weight range |
Non-conveyable consignments / Manual handling | 2.50 EUR |
Exceeding maximum weight / dimensions | 65.99 EUR |
Parcel density | 0.00340 EUR /per kg/m3 |
End-of-year peak delivery | 1.00 EUR |
Misplaced (incorrectly positioned) shipping label and unreadable barcode | 1.00 EUR |
Return of undeliverable shipments | 2.50 EUR |
Saturday delivery | 2.56 EUR |
Signature required | 0.64 EUR |
Info reminder | 0.05 EUR |
Info next day | 0.24 EUR |
Info distributed e-mail | 0.64 EUR |
Freight difference
Read more about freight difference here.
Non-conveyable consignments / Manual handling
Non-conveyable shipments are shipments that can’t be transported by the conveyor belts in bpost's automatic sorting systems because of their size, form or outer packaging.
These are either sorted manually in distribution hubs, or can even be rejected and sent back to the sender.
This will, in most cases, be applicable for the following:
Weight: parcels weighing more than 20 kg
Dimensions: one side longer than 100 cm or the smallest surface larger than 70 x 60 cm
Shape: any parcel on which the label cannot be read horizontally (such as cylinders) or any parcel with a shape that can cause damage to other shipments
Content: loose contents in the parcel or contents that could cause damage
Note! bpost reserves the right to handle any parcels manually if it deems this necessary.
Exceeding maximum weight / dimensions
In case your parcel's maximum weight and/or dimensions exceed the maximum Shipmondo supports for bpost's shipments, this will incur a surcharge.
Parcel density
A surcharge will be applied for domestic parcels with a density below a lower limit of 120kg/m3.
The surcharge is calculated for each kilogram below the limit.
Example
A parcel with dimensions 100 x 100 x 100 cm has a volume of 1 m3 and weighs 100 kg.
Surcharge calculation:
(120 kg - 100 kg) = 20 kg
20 kg x EUR 0.00340 = EUR 0.068
End-of-year peak delivery
Parcel delivery during the end-of-year peak costs an additional surcharge.
The peak period is set by bpost, beginning at 6am on the day after the 4th Thursday of November (Black Friday) and ending at 6am on 25 December (Christmas Day).
Misplaced (incorrectly positioned) shipping label and unreadable barcode
It's important that the shipping should be placed correctly on a shipment and that the barcode can be read/scanned automatically.
If you dispatch a shipment containing an incorrectly placed shipping label and/or the barcode can’t be scanned, you will be charged a surcharge.
Returns
If a parcel is returned to the sender for any of the following reasons, a surcharge will be applied and charged to the sender:
Delivery failed due to incorrect receiver address
Parcels that are rejected by the receiver
Parcels not picked up in time by the receiver
Parcels that don't comply with carrier's requirements etc.
Saturday Delivery
Choosing Saturday Delivery as an extra service on your bpost shipments, will raise the price of the shipment.
Signature required
Choosing signature required as an extra service to your bpost shipments, will raise the price of the shipment.
Info reminder
Choosing Info reminder as an extra service to your bpost shipments, will raise the price of the shipment.
Info next day
Choosing Info next day as an extra service to your bpost shipments, will raise the price of the shipment.
Info distributed e-mail
Choosing Info distributed e-mail as an extra service to your bpost shipments, will raise the price of the shipment.
Own shipping agreement
If you send packages with bpost through your own shipping agreement, you will be invoiced in accordance with the agreement that you have entered with the carrier.