IMM Revision: Israel Is Changing to Price Group 5 for First-Class Mail International Service and Airmail M-bag Service

Effective January 2, 2011, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser­vice, International Mail Manual (IMM^®) section 243.13, the Country Price Groups and Weight Limits section, and the Individual Country Listing for Israel to indicate that the price group for First-Class Mail International^® service (including Airmail M-bag service) for Israel is changing from Price Group 8 to Price Group 5.

This change is consistent with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) concurrence (Docket No. MC2011-4), dated November 22, 2010.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)

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2 Conditions for Mailing

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240 First-Class Mail International

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243 Prices and Postage Payment Methods

243.1 Prices

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243.13 Destinating Countries and Price Groups

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Exhibit 243.13 First-Class Mail International Price Groups

[Revise Exhibit 243.13 so that the entry for Israel reads as follows (indicating that Israel is in Price Group 5):]

 

Country Name	Price Group
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Israel	5
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Country Price Groups and Weight Limits

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[In the table, revise the entry for Israel to read as follows (indicating that, for First-Class Mail International service, Israel is in Price Group 5):]

 

Country	Global Express Guaranteed		Express Mail International		Priority Mail International1		First-Class Mail International
	Price Group	Max. Wt. (lbs.)	Price Group	Max. Wt. (lbs.)	Price Group	Max. Wt. (lbs.)	Price Group	Max. Wt.2 (ozs./lbs.)
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Israel	6	70	8	44	8	44	5	3.5/4
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Individual Country Listings

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Israel

Country Conditions for Mailing

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[Revise the heading for the First-Class Mail International section to read as follows (indicating that, for First-Class Mail International service, Israel is in Price Group 5):]

First-Class Mail International (240) Price Group 5

[Revise the price tables for Letters, Large Envelopes (Flats), and Packages (Small Packets) to read as follows (incorpo­rating the prices for Price Group 5):]

Letters

 

Weight not over (ozs.)	Price
1	$0.98	Note: A letter meeting one or more of the nonmachinable characteristics in 241.217 is charged a nonmachinable surcharge of $0.20.
2	1.82
3	2.66
3.5	3.50

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Large Envelopes (Flats)

 

Weight not over (ozs.)	Price	Weight not over (ozs.)	Price
1	$1.24	24	14.00
2	2.08	28	15.72
3	2.92	32	17.44
4	3.76	36	19.16
5	4.60	40	20.88
6	5.44	44	22.60
7	6.28	48	24.32
8	7.12	52	26.04
12	8.84	56	27.76
16	10.56	60	29.48
20	12.28	64	31.20

Packages (Small Packets)

 

Weight not over (ozs.)	Price	Weight not over (ozs.)	Price
1	$1.44	24	14.20
2	2.28	28	15.92
3	3.12	32	17.64
4	3.96	36	19.36
5	4.80	40	21.08
6	5.64	44	22.80
7	6.48	48	24.52
8	7.32	52	26.24
12	9.04	56	27.96
16	10.76	60	29.68
20	12.48	64	31.40

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[Revise the heading for the Airmail M-bag section to read as follows (indicating that, for Airmail M-bag service, Israel is in Price Group 5):]

Airmail M-bags (260) — Direct Sack to One Addressee Price Group 5

[Revise the price table for Airmail M-bag service to read as follows (incorporating the prices for Price Group 5):]

 

Weight not over 11 lbs.	$37.95
Each additional pound or fraction of a pound	3.45
Weight Limit: 66 pounds

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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.

— Global Business Development,
Global Business, 12-16-10