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Financial Statements  2001

OPERATING STATISTICS

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(in millions of units indicated)          
Class of Mail 2001

2000

1999

1998

1997


First-Class Mail          
  Pieces, number
103,655.6

103,525.7

101,936.5

100,434.2

99,659.9

  Weight, pounds
4,362.8

4,392.0

4,299.9

4,151.3

4,115.1

  Revenue
$ 35,876.0

$ 35,515.9

$ 34,933.2

$ 33,861.2

$ 33,397.6

Priority Mail          
  Pieces, number
1,117.8

1,222.5

1,189.5

1,174.4

1,068.2

  Weight, pounds
2,149.7

2,352.3

2,142.6

1,980.0

1,860.6

  Revenue
$ 4,916.4

$ 4,837.1

$ 4,533.3

$ 4,187.4

$ 3,856.9

Express Mail          
  Pieces, number
69.4

70.9

68.7

66.2

63.6

  Weight, pounds
72.1

80.0

78.3

77.7

76.3

  Revenue
$ 995.7

$ 996.1

$ 942.0

$  854.5

$  824.7

Mailgrams          
  Pieces, number
3.3.

3.7

4.1

4.3

5.3

  Revenue
$ 1.4

$ 1.5

$ 1.6

$ 1.7

$ 2.0

Periodicals          
  Pieces, number
10,077.4

10,364.8

10,273.8

10,316.8

10,411.4

  Weight, pounds
4,408.3

4,720.3

4,482.6

4,451.1

4,338.3

  Revenue
$ 2,205.2

$ 2,170.7

$ 2,115.3

$ 2,072.3

$ 2,067.5

Standard Mail          
  Pieces, number
89,938.4

90,057.1

85,661.7

82,508.1

77,253.6

  Weight, pounds
10,822.2

11,142.6

10,648.3

10,376.8

9,693.9

  Revenue
$ 15,704.9

$ 15,193.3

$ 14,435.8

$ 13,701.7

$ 12,876.0

Package Services          
  Pieces, number
1,093.0

1,128.4

1,043.1

1,023.4

988.4

  Weight, pounds
3,801.7

3,773.8

3,533.2

3,407.3

2,889.9

  Revenue
$ 1,993.9

$ 1,912.3

$ 1,828.5

$ 1,754.3

$ 1,627.6

International Economy Mail          
  Pieces, number
60.4

78.7

103.2

95.6

97.4

  Weight, pounds
80.3

89.4

96.1

95.6

102.0

  Revenue
$ 177.7

$ 180.3

$ 193.9

$ 183.7

$ 192.0

International Airmail          
  Pieces, number
1,022.1

1,020.7

927.5

848.4

909.5

  Weight, pounds
171.6

169.7

152.2

149.0

157.2

  Revenue**
$ 1554.0

$ 1,477.2

$ 1,434.2

$ 1,416.1

$ 1,422.8

U.S. Postal Service          
  Pieces, number
380.6

362.9

382.3

380.1

377.3

  Weight, pounds
82.3

95.3

102.6

96.2

88.4

Free Mail for the Blind and Handicapped          
  Pieces, number
44.6

46.6

53.2

53.2

53.3

  Weight, pounds
24.9

25.1

26.6

27.2

30.6

             
  Totals***          
  Pieces, number
207,462.6

207,882.2

201,643.5

196,904.7

190,888.1

  Weight, pounds
25,975.9

26,840.6

25,562.2

24,812.3

23,352.4

  Revenue
$ 63,425.2

$ 62,284.3

$ 60,417.8

$ 58,032.9

$ 56,267.0

 

   * Certain reclassifications have been made to previously reported international amounts.
  ** Includes foreign postal transaction revenue.
 *** Agency and franked mail are included in their classes of mail, when using official mail.

Some totals may not add exactly due to rounding.


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