FedEx Additional Handling Surcharge (AHS)

An 'Additional Handling Surcharge' is added to FedEx and TNT shipments where at least one parcel meets the following:
 

• Not fully encased in an outer container or packaging;
• Encased in an outer container or packaging not made of corrugated cardboard (including metal, wood, canvas, leather, hard plastic, soft plastic, Styrofoam);
• Encased in an outer container or packaging covered in shrink wrap or stretch wrap;
• Round or cylindrical (including mailing tubes, cans, buckets, barrels, tires, drums, pails)
• Bound with metal, plastic, or cloth banding, or having wheels, casters, handles, or straps, including packages where the outer surface area is loosely wrapped or contents protrude;
• Prone to become entangled in or cause damage to other packages or to our sortation system