FedEx International Fuel Surcharge Update

Export shippers will pay more beginning June 22 — the new unified rate is consistently 3.50 points above the current Export-specific rate. Import shippers will pay slightly less — the unified rate is consistently 0.75 points below the current Import-specific rate. Under the current structure, export and import shipments are charged different rates reflecting their different cost profiles. The June 22 change eliminates that distinction permanently. Export shippers are effectively being moved to a rate that previously applied only to imports, with no mechanism to return to the lower Export-specific treatment.

💡 FedEx is replacing separate international Export and Import fuel surcharge rates with one combined Export & Import rate effective June 22, 2026.
💡 Export shipments will be subject to a rate approximately 3.50 percentage points higher than under the current May 11 Export table.
💡 Import shipments will see a rate approximately 0.75 percentage points lower than under the current May 11 Import table.
💡 This is a permanent structural change — the Export/Import rate distinction is eliminated, and there is no scenario under the new structure in which export shippers recover the lower rate they currently receive.
💡 Shippers should update rating, accrual, audit, and customer-facing systems to reflect the new unified rate structure before June 22.