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Forwarding advisories say the 2026 holiday surcharge build includes a shipment-volume-linked dynamic component on top of fixed peak tables. UPS will levy an extra surge fee on accounts shipping more than about 20,000 weekly pieces when volumes far exceed contracted baselines; FedEx and DHL apply similar demand-based adjustments. Stacked with fuel (near 49%) and peak surcharges, large cross-border e-commerce shippers face triple-layered cost increases during the November–December window.