Effective September 7, 2010, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) parts 712 and 713 to update accounting procedures for customs clearance and delivery fees to reflect current accounting procedures and to refer to the accounting procedures in Postal Service Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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7 Treatment of Inbound Mail
710 U.S. Customs Information
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712 Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee
712.1 Description
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712.13 Accounting for the Postal Service Fee
[Revise 712.13 to read as follows:]
The Postal Service fee, which is retained by the U.S. Postal Service, is accounted for by using the procedures in Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, subchapter 7-2.
[Delete 712.14 in its entirety.]
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713 Treatment of Dutiable Mail at Delivery Office
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713.4 Payment of Duty
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713.46 Recording and Reporting Collections
[Revise 713.46 to read as follows:]
Post Office facilities making delivery/collection of dutiable mail must follow the recording and reporting procedures in Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, subchapter 7-2.
We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the IMM and into the monthly update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 7-29-10
