BERLIN: Logistics giant DHL will chargeprivate customers more for parcel deliveries from July 1 aslabour and transport costs have made price increasesunavoidable, said the company on Monday.

DHL, part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, will increase the price to ship a parcel abroad by between 1 euro and 3.50 euros, excluding those bound for the United States, which, depending on the parcel size, will nearly double in price.

“The company is only partially passing on to customers whatare in some cases steep increases in airfares and thesubstantial rise in costs charged by delivery partners abroad to Deutsche Post DHL for delivering merchandise items,” it said.

DHL added that even with the price increases, it would stillremain below average parcel prices in Europe, based on acomparison published by the network regulator in November 2021.

($1 = 0.9546 euros)