AmazonIt announced Wednesday that it will add an inflation and fuel surcharge of approximately 5% to the existing fees it collects form third-party U.S. sellers who use its fulfillment services.

CNBC viewed the notice sent by CNBC to sellers, which stated that the fee would be in effect within two weeks and was “subject to changes”.

According to the notice, “The surcharge applies to all product types such as apparel and small and light items, and dangerous goods and not-apparel.” The surcharge applies to all orders shipped out of fulfillment centers beginning April 28.

With inflation soaringWith oil prices rising, Amazon is looking to offset its costs and pass fees to sellers

Amazon collects fees already from sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon. Amazon charges merchants to store their inventory in its warehouses, and also to use the company’s supply chains and shipping operations.

According to Amazon, 89% of the 2 million plus sellers on Amazon used FBA by 2021. a reportJungle Scout is a software company that creates product search software for Amazon sellers.

Amazon spokeswoman in an email to CNBC saying that while we had hoped for a return of normalcy after COVID-19 global restrictions have been lifted, “fuel and inflation have presented new challenges” “It is still unclear if these inflationary costs will go up or down, or for how long they will persist, so rather than a permanent fee change, we will be employing a fuel and inflation surcharge for the first time—a mechanism broadly used across supply chain providers.”

Amazon stated that its fuel surcharge and inflation surcharge are 24 cents per unit. This is below the UPS42c fuel surcharge FedEx’sAs of March 21st, 2022, a fee of 49c is due.

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