Appendix A - Appendix A to Part 121—Tables Depicting Service Standard Day Ranges
The following tables reflect the service standard day ranges resulting from the application of the business rules applicable to the market-dominant mail products referenced in §§ 121.0 through 121.4 (for purposes of part 121, references to the contiguous states or the contiguous 48 states also include the District of Columbia):
Table 1. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and destinating within the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Table 1—End-to-End Service Within Contiguous States
| Mail class | End-to-end
range (days) | First-Class Mail | 0-5 | Periodicals | 3-6 | USPS Marketing Mail | 4-7 | Package Services | 4-7 |
|---|
Table 2. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and/or destinating in non-contiguous states and territories.
Table 2—End-to-End Service to and/or From Non-Contiguous States and Territories
| Mail class | End-to-end range (days) | Intra-state/territory | Inter-state/territory | First-Class Mail | 0-5 | 2-5 | Periodicals | 3-6 | 3-27 | USPS Marketing Mail | 4-7 | 4-28 | Package Services | * 4-7 | 4-29 |
|---|
* Excluding bypass mail.
Table 3. Destination-entry service standard day ranges for mail to the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Table 3—Destination Entry Service to Contiguous States
| Mail class | Contiguous states | Destination entry (at appropriate facility) range (days) | * DDU | * DLPC | * DRPDC | Periodicals | 1 | 1 | 2 | USPS Marketing Mail | 2 | 3-4 | 5 | Package Services | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|
* DDU = Destination Delivery Unit; DLPC = Destination Local Processing Center; DRPDC = Destination Regional Processing and Distribution Center or Campus.
Table 4. Destination entry service standard day ranges for mail to non-contiguous states and territories.
Table 4—Destination Entry Service to Non-Contiguous States and Territories
| Mail class | Destination entry (at appropriate facility) | * DDU range (days) | * DLPC range (days) | * DRPDC range (days) | Alaska | ** Hawai'i,
Guam, NMI, & AS | ** PR &
USVI | Alaska | Hawai'i,
Guam, NMI, & AS | PR &
USVI | Periodicals | 1 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 10-11 | 10 | 8-10 | USPS Marketing Mail | 2 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Package Services | 1 | 2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
|---|
* DDU = Destination Delivery Unit; DLPC = Destination Local Processing Center; DRPDC = Destination Regional Processing and Distribution Center or Campus.
** AS = American Samoa; NMI = Northern Mariana Islands; PR = Puerto Rico; USVI = United States Virgin Islands.