Amazon has announced a new fuel surcharge for sellers utilizing its logistics services due to the ongoing impact of rising oil prices related to the conflict in Iran on the global energy market. As reported by Bloomberg, the company disclosed that a 3.5 percent surcharge labeled as “fuel and logistics” would be imposed on merchants using its shipping solutions. This adjustment is poised to impact a significant number of third-party sellers in the United States and Canada who rely on Amazon’s infrastructure for storage, packaging, and delivery of products.
The surcharge, scheduled to come into effect on April 17, will be applicable to merchants utilizing Fulfilment by Amazon, a service enabling sellers to house their inventory in Amazon’s warehouses for customer distribution. While Amazon does not reveal the exact count of sellers participating in the program, it represents the majority of third-party transactions on the platform.
In a similar move, Amazon had initiated a comparable surcharge in 2022 as global oil prices surged above $100 per barrel following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.