Carrier Route Product
The Carrier Route Product provides reference information needed to apply carrier route codes to addresses for presort postage discounts.
Who is the Carrier Route Product for?
First Class Mail
Parcels
Periodicals
Standard Mail
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Description
What is Carrier Route Product?
Carrier Route Product provides mailers with reference information for applying carrier route codes to addresses when taking advantage of presort postage discounts. Mail containing carrier route codes can then be presorted to the carrier route level.
Carrier Route Product is available with monthly updates. This product contains raw data and does not contain any software. The hardcopy report offered in the past has been replaced with the AIS Viewer ZIP + 4® Retrieval option. Using the ZIP + 4 Retrieval option, mailers can retrieve, view, and print hardcopy reports on demand similar to the Carrier Route Information System (CRIS) hardcopy reports. Mailers are encouraged to update their files when they receive updates from the Postal Service™ or vendors, and carrier-presort mailers must comply with the established mandatory update cycles specified by the Postal Service in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®).
A sample Carrier Route file is available for download here.
Featured Resources
01/19/2024
Address Information System (AIS) Products Pricing
Pricing guide for Address Information System (AIS) products, including Carrier Route, ZIP + 4®, Five-Digit ZIP®, City State, Delivery Statistics, Z4Change, ZIPMove, eLOT®, and RDI™.
05/16/2022
Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide
The Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide contains documentation on all AIS products, including RDI™, Z4Change, ZIPMove, ZIP + 4®, Five-Digit ZIP®, eLOT®, Carrier Route, City State, and Delivery Statistics.
06/26/2008
Sample Carrier Route File
This document provides a sample of a Carrier Route .txt file.
12/01/2022
Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Web Access Request Form
This form is used to create a Web-based account with the Addressing and Geospatial Technology (AGT) office which will be utilized to retrieve/download files from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.
01/16/2024
Address Information Systems (AIS) Products Order Form
Order form for Address Information System (AIS) products.
07/09/2023
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Contact
For more information about the Carrier Route Product, please contact the Addressing and Geospatial Technology office at 800-238-3150, or at incsc@usps.gov.