The "Affordable Shipping for All Act" seeks to establish equitable shipping practices for noncontiguous areas of the United States , which include Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories. Its primary goal is to prevent shipping services from imposing higher fees on consumers and producers in these regions compared to those in the contiguous United States for identical products. Specifically, the bill mandates that no shipping service may charge more for transporting a product to or from a noncontiguous area than it would for the same product shipped within the contiguous U.S. It also prohibits shipping services, including the United States Postal Service , from excluding these areas from their general shipping policies or from offering shipping to these locations. An important exemption is provided for consumer products or producer goods valued at more than $10,000 , which are not subject to these new requirements.