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What will your parcel budget be next year?

Forecast next year’s shipping spend from volume growth, the GRI, fuel changes and accessorial increases, plus a three-year view.

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Default: UPS Ground at EIA’s 2027 diesel forecast.

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Results

Next year forecast$2,723,679
Increase vs. this year$223,6798.9%
Three-year total$9,045,648
Potential savings next year$217,894

Forecast spend

This year
$2,500,000
Year 1
$2,723,679
Year 2
$3,005,479
Year 3
$3,316,490
  • Fuel is a percentage of each year’s transportation spend, not compounded on itself. Years 2 and 3 hold fuel at the next-year rate.
  • Savings are illustrative, not a guarantee.
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How this is calculated

Spend is split into transportation, fuel and accessorials. Transportation grows with volume, GRI and mix; accessorials with volume and their own increase; fuel is applied fresh each year.

Rates shown as defaults come from carrier publications or each carrier’s published table applied to the EIA price; see the methodology. Estimates and examples are labeled. Results are illustrative and do not represent any carrier’s reported financial results.

Questions

What is the 2027 UPS GRI?

UPS announced an average 5.9% increase effective December 21, 2026; FedEx announced 5.9% effective January 4, 2027.

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