UPS Fuel Surcharge

Pulled from UPS's published fuel surcharge page, retrieved August 25, 2026. Source: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-costs-rates/fuel-surcharges. Carrier names are used for identification only; OilPriceAPI is not affiliated with or endorsed by UPS.

UPS Fuel Surcharge by Service Level

Unlike LTL freight carriers, parcel carriers publish a separate fuel surcharge for each service level, each keyed to the fuel price index named in UPS's published schedule — ground services track a diesel index, air and express services track a jet fuel index. The percentages below come straight from that schedule.

Get the UPS Fuel Surcharge via API

# All UPS service levels, latest published rates
curl "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/fuel-surcharge/parcel/ups/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY"

# Python — one service level's weekly history
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/fuel-surcharge/parcel/ups/history",
    params={"service_level": "ground"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Token YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
for week in resp.json()["data"]["history"]:
    print(week["effective_date"], week["surcharge_percent"])

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