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Fuel Surcharges - April, 2026

A summary of SwagUp’s temporary fuel surcharge, including effective dates, pricing, and the industry factors driving this change.

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Written by Preston Plachy
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Fuel Surcharge Update (Effective April 6, 2026)

Over the past several months, fuel and transportation costs have increased significantly across the global shipping industry.

Major carriers like UPS, FedEx, and USPS regularly adjust fuel surcharges in response to rising diesel and jet fuel prices, and large fulfillment providers like Amazon have recently introduced similar temporary surcharges to offset increased logistics costs.

We’ve worked to absorb these rising costs for as long as possible. However, to continue delivering reliable, on-time shipments, SwagUp will be implementing a temporary fuel surcharge.

What’s changing

Starting Monday, April 6, 2026:

  • $4 per domestic U.S. shipping container

  • $6 per international shipping container

These charges are applied per shipment container at the time of fulfillment.

Why this is happening

Fuel costs are a core component of shipping and fulfillment. As those costs rise, carriers pass increases through the supply chain in the form of fuel surcharges.

This is a standard industry practice, and we are seeing it broadly across:

  • Major carriers (UPS, FedEx, USPS)

  • Fulfillment networks (Amazon and many others)

Rather than increasing base pricing across the board, this approach allows us to:

  • Keep pricing transparent and predictable

  • Apply adjustments only where shipping is impacted

  • Remove or adjust the surcharge as conditions change

Our approach

We are committed to keeping this surcharge:

  • As low as possible

  • Simple and predictable (flat per container, not percentage-based)

  • Temporary

We will continue to monitor fuel costs closely and will reduce or remove this surcharge when conditions stabilize.

Learn more about industry changes

If you’d like additional context, you can review updates from major carriers and platforms:

Questions?

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to care@swagup.com or contact your account team—we’re here to help.

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