Hongkong Post announced today that it will adjust its principal postage rates from September 26.

The postage increase for about 80% of local mail will be within $0.30 and local letters weighing 30 grams or less will rise from $2 to $2.20.

For air mail, the cost to mail letters of 20g or less to the Mainland and Taiwan will rise from $3.40 to $3.70, while those to other places will increase from $3.70-$5 to $4-$5.50.

For surface mail to the Mainland, Macau and Taiwan, postage for letters of 20g or less will be adjusted from $2.60 to $2.80, while those to other places will rise from $3.20-$4.80 to $3.50-$5.30.

The department said the postage adjustments are broadly in line with the cumulative inflation since the last adjustments in January 2018 up to September 2022.

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