Understanding account prices
If you have a negotiated contract price (not published tariff), the following page provides you with information on your zone 2 and 3 and Saturday charges.
If you have not yet downloaded our account pricing tables visit our account customer download page now. For customers with negotiated discounts off our tariff prices, to use the file, input your discount into the top row above the service and destination required to show your negotiated price by weight
Zonal surcharges - zones 2 and 3
Parcels despatched for delivery to an address in zone 2 or 3 are subject to a surcharge as outlined below.
Zonal surcharges table
Services | To zone 2 | To zone 3 |
|---|---|---|
express9 | 35% | 150% |
| express10 | 35% | 150% |
| expressAM | 35% | 150% |
| express24 | 100% | 150% |
| express48 | 100% | 150% |
60% |
*A 60% surcharge applies to express48 items sent from Zones 1 and 2 to Northern Ireland only.
To calculate the zonal surcharge, multiply your negotiated rate by the percentage shown in the table above and add the resulting surcharge to your negotiated Zone 1 price to achieve the final consignment charge. No surcharge applies when sending within a zone or when sending from Zone 2 or 3 to Zone 1.
Please use the above calculation to obtain the zonal surcharge, subject to the following minimum surcharges:
- Zone 2 - All UK services: £6.00
- Zone 3 - express9, express10, expressAM and express24: £10.00
- Zone 3 - express48: £6.50
Saturday delivery surcharges (Zones 1 to 3)
Saturday deliveries are available on the following services: express9, express10, expressAM, express24 for parcels despatched on a Friday and with express48 for parcels despatched on a Thursday. Exceptions apply to outlying areas where delivery times are a day longer.
Saturday deliveries are subject to a £12 surcharge.
expresscollect parcels sent for Saturday collection do not incur a Saturday delivery surcharge.
London congestion charging
Parcelforce Worldwide have a London congestion charge of 50p per consignment. Visit our London congestion charge page for further information.
Surcharge for items outside our maximum sizes and weights
If any parcel or pallet exceeds the maximum sizes or weights as specified in our country information pages and we have accepted the parcel or pallet and it is processed through our network we may raise an additional surcharge of £20 per item.
globalexpress Surcharges
For further information, please go to the Understanding Global Express Surcharging page
