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Amazon Imposes 3.5% Fuel Surcharge for Many Online Merchants

An automated bar code reader scans packages for shipping at an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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By Matt Day and Spencer Soper

April 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC

Amazon.com Inc. will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher.

The fees take effect on April 17 for customers of the company’s Fulfillment by Amazon service — which is used by many of the independent sellers who list their products on Amazon’s retail sites — in the US and Canada.