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UPS - Surcharges for additional services

UPS might issue surcharge for additional services. It's therefore important that you read and become acquainted with these.

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Written by Jelena Hansen
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UPS charges a surcharge for additional services.

It is important that you are familiar with these surcharges.

All prices in Shipmondo are, as a starting point, including oil-, capacity-, environmental and energy surcharges. For details, see the table below.

DKK/SEK prices:

DKK prices apply when the shipment is sent to/from Denmark, and SEK prices apply when the shipment is sent to/from Sweden.

Note! The list below is not complete. You will find a complete overview of UPS's surcharges on UPS's website.

Surcharge

DKK ex. VAT

SEK ex. VAT

Unit

Pick-up

(shipments inside EU)

28,00 DKK

36,00 SEK

Pick-up

Pick-up

(shipments outside EU)

Free of charge

Free of charge

Pick-up

Customs Clearance: Entry preparation fee

50,00 DKK

69,00 SEK

Shipment

Private receiver

24,20 DKK*

29,30 SEK*

Shipment

Extended area

3,23 DKK

(min. 195,00 DKK)

4,66 SEK

(min. 255,00 SEK)

Kg

Remote area

3,56 DKK

(min. 215,00 DKK)

5,10 SEK

(min. 280,00 SEK)

Kg

Manual handling

83,60 DKK

116,00 SEK

Parcel

Large package

408,00 DKK

486,00 SEK

Parcel

Capacity Fee - Manual handling

35,90 DKK

55,00 SEK

Parcel

Capacity Fee - Large package

510,50 DKK

780,00 SEK

Parcel

Over maximum limits

2.101,00 DKK

2.947,00 SEK

Parcel

UK Border Fee

22,50 DKK

32,00 SEK

Parcel

Address correction

60,00 DKK

77,00 SEK

Shipment

Undeliverable shipments

44,80 DKK

60,10 SEK

Shipment

*The price is specified excluding oil surcharge.

Freight difference

Read more about freight difference here.

Private receiver

UPS provides delivery to both business and residential addresses.

A residential delivery is defined as delivery to a home address, including a home-based business that does not have an entrance open to the public. For each residential delivery, an additional charge per shipment will apply (Residential delivery service).

Delivery to/from extended and remote area

To/from extended area

UPS provides a collection or delivery service in extended, as well as urban, areas. An additional charge applies for each shipment that is collected or delivered in an extended area.

To/from remote area surcharge

This surcharge is applied for delivery to or collection from an area beyond UPS extended areas, which are less accessible for collections and deliveries (domestic and international services).

Manual handling of shipments

UPS reserves the right to impose an extra handling charge on any package that, in UPS's sole belief, requires special handling due to different factors.

Examples of goods that may require manual handling:

  • Items encased in an outside shipping container made of metal or wood

  • Any cylindrical item, such as a barrel, drum, pail, or tire, that is not fully encased in a fortified cardboard shipping container

  • Any package with the longest side exceeding 100 cm or its second-longest side exceeding 76 cm

  • Any package with an actual weight greater than 25 kg

  • Each package in a shipment where the average weight per package is greater than 25 kg

Manual handling triggers a non-compliant surcharge (Additional Handling Charge).

Large package

A parcel is defined as Large package when length + circumference [(2 x width + 2 x height)] exceeds 300 cm, but does not exceed the maximum length of 400 cm.

Large packages are subject to a minimum billable weight of 40 kg in addition to the Large package surcharge.

Capacity Fee

In the high season (October, November, and December), capacity fees will be imposed on all packages that meet the specifications for Large package and Manual handling.

Over maximum limits

Parcels that exceed:

  • a physical weight of 70 kg,

  • a length of 274 cm, or

  • a total length + circumference [(2 x width + 2 x height)] of 400 cm.

- are not accepted for transportation by UPS.

If such parcels are found in the UPS system, they will be subject to an Over Maximum Limits surcharge, in addition to all other applicable charges. At the same time, the carrier reserves the right to return such a parcel to the sender without the possibility of a refund of freight costs.

Parcels exceeding the maximum length of 400cm in combined length and circumference will also incur a Large Package surcharge.

UK Border Fee

Parcels to the United Kingdom have, since Brexit, been a subject to a surcharge called UK Border Fee, in addition to all other applicable charges.

Address correction

If the address is incorrect, UPS will make any reasonable effort to find the correct address and deliver the shipment as long as the destination country remains the same. The sender will be billed for an additional charge for this service.

Undeliverable shipments

For all domestic and shipments within the EU, UPS will automatically return the shipment by UPS Standard service (where available).

Upon unsuccessful delivery of shipments outside the EU, UPS will contact the sender and process the shipment acting on the sender's instructions.

This will incur a surcharge for handling of undeliverable shipments in addition to the shipping costs for the return package.

Customs clearance: Entry preparation fee

UPS will charge a fee for every Import shipment requiring a customs formal entry.

Customs Clearance: Customs, duty, and import VAT

If UPS is imposed taxes, fees, or customs duties on a shipment, UPS will typically attempt to collect the amount from the recipient of the shipment.

If the amount is not paid by the recipient, the claim transfers to the sender. This also applies if the shipment is returned to the sender.

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