FedEx International Demand Surcharge Update

FedEx is materially increasing and expanding its U.S. international Demand Surcharges effective September 21, 2026. On export, the surcharge for Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Australia and New Zealand rises from $0.20 to $0.30 per pound, a 50% increase. The published export rates of $0.75 for MEISA, $0.50 for Israel and $0.50 for India and the rest of MEISA remain unchanged.

The import schedule expands from three origin groups and four rate lines to nine groups and eleven rate lines. China, Hong Kong and Macau increase from $0.35 to $0.91 per pound for priority services and from $0.25 to $0.54 for economy services—160% and 116% increases. The existing 12-origin group adds Fiji and moves from $0.20 for all services to $0.73 for priority and $0.54 for economy, increases of 265% and 170%. India rises from $0.70 to $0.89, FedEx’s nine-country Sub-Saharan Africa group falls to $0.60, and the remaining MEISA group stays at $0.70. New import rates are added for Canada at $0.14, Latin America and the Caribbean at $0.12, Europe at $0.25 and Israel at $0.25 per pound. Parcel and freight minimums remain $1 and $50 per shipment.

Shippers importing from China, Hong Kong, Macau or the new 13-origin group—particularly on priority services—face the largest immediate cost increases. Importers from Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Israel and Fiji now have exposure on lanes that did not carry an active surcharge under the immediately preceding schedule.

For example, the Demand Surcharge on a 40-pound China priority shipment rises from $14.00 to $36.40, an increase of $22.40 before any applicable fuel surcharge. Exporters to Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Australia and New Zealand will see a more uniform 50% increase.

Before September 21, shippers should update their origin-and-service mappings, model exposure by chargeable weight and confirm the apparent country-level changes with FedEx.