Amazon's New Fuel Surcharge Is Eating FBA Margins
17 posts across 14 communities since Apr 2026; 18% from r/FulfillmentByAmazon.
“In the UK Amazon have now raised the price of general shipping to be 2/3 the price of a months prime subscription. Before prime, delivery regularly used to be £1.99 or £2.99. Now if you dont have prime everything is £4.99 to be delivered. It makes it seem silly to pay that when…”
“Wondering if this has happened to anyone else. We used Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) for the first time. The booking quote in Seller Central was clear that there will be no surprise fees (pay what you book). Well that did not happen. Amazon credited our account approximately 20%…”
“Has anyone noticed a significant increase in your Amazon Freight LTL rates recently? I usually ship 5 pallets to FBA each week, the LTL cost is normally around $400-$500. This week, I tried to book a shipment for same location, and the LTL quote jumped to around $750 for 5…”
Ecommerce sellers are experiencing unexpected and substantial increases in fulfillment costs due to Amazon's new fuel and logistics surcharges. This surcharge, impacting fees for FBA and other fulfillment methods, is eroding profit margins and forcing difficult decisions about pricing and competitiveness. Sellers feel powerless to easily adjust to these changes.
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“In the UK Amazon have now raised the price of general shipping to be 2/3 the price of a months prime subscription. Before prime, delivery regularly used to be £1.99 or £2.99. Now if you dont have prime everything is £4.99 to be delivered. It…”
“Wondering if this has happened to anyone else. We used Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) for the first time. The booking quote in Seller Central was clear that there will be no surprise fees (pay what you book). Well that did not happen. Amazon credited our account approximately 20% more that what we were quoted, over $1000. We paid customs and duties to CBP directly and delivered the cargo to the port ourselves. Our cargo was always ready by the cargo ready date but AGL pushed it back due to the ca”
“Has anyone noticed a significant increase in your Amazon Freight LTL rates recently? I usually ship 5 pallets to FBA each week, the LTL cost is normally around $400-$500. This week, I tried to book a shipment for same location, and the LTL quote jumped to around $750 for 5 pallets. What makes it even stranger is that the FTL price is only around $850. I’ve been checking the price for the past 3 days. It has stayed at this high level. I am trying to figure out whether this is a temporary pricing”
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“I’m absorbing the impact by not raising prices which would just hand over more sales to the Chinese factories that now dominate my niche.”
“For context. Amazon implemented a 3.5 percent fuel and logistics surcharge on every FBA fulfillment fee in the US and Canada starting April 17, 2026. On May 2 the same surcharge expanded to Buy with Prime and Multi Channel Fulfillment. Amazon's stated impact is around 17 cents per unit average. Surcharge is calculated on fulfillment fees not sale price. Aligns with similar fuel surcharges from USPS, UPS, and FedEx that hit earlier in the year tied to the oil price spike from the Iran situation.”
A new 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on Amazon FBA fees took effect today, adding roughly 17 cents per unit for U.S. sellers. The trigger? Strait of Hormuz disruptions from the Iran…
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Amazon today announced a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on FBA, MCF, and Buy with Prime fees starting April 17, 2026, adding $0.17 per unit on average.
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Amazon announced it is imposing a temporary 3.5% fuel surcharge on FBA, MFC, and Buy with Prime transactions
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