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Fuel surcharge history and trends

Weekly rates for every carrier since mid-2026, the diesel price behind them, and the records. Download the full history as CSV or JSON.

Ground fuel surcharge, 26 weeks

UPSFedExOnTracAmazon Shipping

Air and express, 26 weeks

UPS Domestic AirFedEx ExpressAmazon Air CargoDHL Express export

Week by week

An asterisk marks an estimate.

Week ofUPS
Ground and Ground Saver
FedEx
Ground and Home Delivery
OnTrac
Ground
Amazon Shipping
Ground parcel
UPS
Domestic Air
FedEx
Express package
EIA diesel
used that week
Nov 2, 2026 (next)30.25%29.25%27.00%21.50%——$6.352
Oct 26, 202629.50%29.00%26.75%21.50%33.00%32.50%$6.276
Oct 19, 202629.25%28.75%26.50%21.25%32.75%32.00%$6.179
Oct 12, 202629.25%28.75%26.50%21.25%32.75%32.25%$6.199
Oct 5, 202629.75%29.25%27.00%21.75%32.25%31.75%$6.382
Sep 28, 202630.25%29.75%27.50%22.00%33.50%33.00%$6.529
Sep 21, 202629.50%29.00%26.75%21.50%32.75%32.25%$6.285
Sep 14, 202628.50%28.00%25.75%20.75%31.00%30.50%$5.967
Sep 7, 202627.50%27.00%24.75%20.00%29.25%28.75%$5.599
Aug 31, 202627.75%27.25%25.00%20.00%30.25%29.75%$5.652
Aug 24, 202627.25%26.75%24.50%19.75%29.50%29.00%$5.454
Aug 17, 202626.75%26.00%23.75%19.25%27.75%27.25%$5.257
Aug 10, 202627.00%26.25%24.00%19.50%29.25%28.75%$5.348
Aug 3, 202626.75%26.25%24.00%19.50%29.00%28.50%$5.313
Jul 27, 202626.25%25.75%23.50%19.00%28.00%27.50%$5.134
Jul 20, 202625.25%25.25%22.50%18.25%25.50%25.00%$4.796
Jul 13, 202624.75%25.00%22.00%17.75%24.75%25.00%$4.578
Jul 6, 202625.00%25.00%22.25%—24.50%24.75%$4.668
Jun 29, 202625.50%25.25%22.75%——25.00%$4.832
Jun 22, 202626.00%25.50%23.25%——26.00%$5.059
Jun 15, 202626.50%26.00%23.75%——27.00%$5.210
Jun 8, 202627.00%26.50%24.25%———$5.350
Jun 1, 202627.25%26.75%24.50%———$5.523
May 25, 202627.50%27.00%24.75%———$5.596
May 18, 202627.75%27.25%25.00%———$5.639
May 11, 202627.75%27.25%25.00%———$5.640
May 4, 202627.00%26.50%24.25%———$5.351

* Estimate: the carrier averages fuel over a window it does not fully publish.

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