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IMM REVISION
Effective September 6, 2001, the Individual Country
Listings in the International Mail Manual (IMM) are revised
to:
· Reflect a change in the import regulations that
govern the dutiability of postal items mailed to
Kazakhstan.
· Reflect new restrictions on mailing pharmaceutical
products to Latvia.
· Reflect a change in the regulations that govern the
mailing of valuable articles to Lithuania.
· Reflect a change in the regulations that govern
the mailing of certain types of valuable articles to
Pakistan.
Effective October 1, 2001, the Individual Country
Listings in the IMM are revised to reflect mailing conditions that apply only to postal items sent to the province of Kosovo. This action was taken because
international mail service to Kosovo is currently under
the administrative supervision of an interim United Nations (U.N.) mission.
We will incorporate all of these revisions into both the
printed version of IMM Issue 26 and the online IMM, which
can be accessed via Postal Explorer at http://pe.usps.gov.
International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Kazakhstan
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Observations
[Place the following text under Observations:]
Postal items mailed to Kazakhstan by private individuals
are exempt from the payment of customs duty provided that
(a) they do not contain goods that are intended for commercial or manufacturing purposes; (b) their weight does not
exceed 70 pounds; and (c) their value does not exceed
U.S. $1,000.
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Latvia
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Restrictions
[Add the following entry to the list:]
Pharmaceutical products may not be sent to private individuals who are resident in Latvia. Such products can only be
mailed to pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmaceutical
wholesalers, or accredited representatives of foreign producers of medicines who have a business presence in
Latvia. A quality certificate and a shipper's invoice prepared
by the product's producer must accompany all mailpieces
that contain pharmaceutical products.
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Lithuania
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Prohibitions (130)
[Delete the next to the last entry in the list of Prohibitions,
which begins with "Traveler's checks," and replace it with
the following entry:]
Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler's checks; platinum, gold, and silver (manufactured or not); precious
stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles are prohibited in
all classes of mail, including Express Mail International Service (EMS) shipments, that are sent to Lithuania.
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Pakistan
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Restrictions
[Place the following text under Restrictions:]
Mobile telephones, watches, fountain pens, cameras, eyeglasses, toys, and other valuable consumer products must
be mailed in insured parcel post packages.
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Global Express Mail (EMS) (220)
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[Revise the "Note" header to "Notes", and add a second
entry as follows:]
Notes:
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2. EMS shipments mailed to Pakistan may not contain
valuable consumer products, such as mobile telephones, watches, fountain pens, cameras, eyeglasses, and toys.
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Serbia-Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
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Observations
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[Add the following entry to the list:]
7. International mail service to the province of Kosovo is
currently under the administrative supervision of an
interim United Nations (U.N.) mission. To ensure
proper handling and transmission of postal items to
Kosovo, the following addressing format must be
used:
Name of Intended Recipient
Street Address
City or Town Name
KOSOVO (UNMIK)
(Note: The acronym UNMIK stands for United Nations
Mission in Kosovo)
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Special Services
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[Insert the following note after the Insurance table:]
Note: Parcel Post insurance coverage is not available to
the province of Kosovo. Only ordinary (uninsured) parcels
may be mailed to addressees in Kosovo.
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Global Express Mail (EMS) (220)
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[Since EMS service is not currently available to Kosovo,
delete the following entry:]
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City
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Postal Code
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Pristina
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38000
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- Marketing, International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On June 18, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
October 5, 1999. The Agreement was published in Postal
Bulletin 22057 (8-23-01, page 62). The Amendment is to
modify the rates structure for Global Express mail (EMS).
The rates for EMS will no longer be expressed in terms of a
per-piece and per-pound price. In accordance with International Mail Manual (IMM) 297.4, the Postal Service
previously announced entering into an International Customized Mail Service Agreement with this qualifying mailer
and hereby makes public the following information regarding this Amendment:
a. Term: July 2, 2001, through May 31, 2002.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination countries: Canada and Japan.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: The Mailer has agreed to pay postage for
EMS at twenty-five percent (25.0%) off the nondiscounted published rates.
- International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On June 19, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
December 19, 2000. The Agreement was published in
Postal Bulletin 22044 (2-22-01, page 55). The Amendment
modifies the Agreement to change the rate structure for
Global Express Mail (EMS). The rates for EMS will no longer be expressed in terms of a per-piece and per-pound
price. In accordance with International Mail Manual (IMM)
297.4, the Postal Service previously announced entering
into an International Customized Mail Service Agreement
with this qualifying mailer and hereby makes public the following information regarding this Amendment:
a. Term: July 2, 2001, through December 31, 2004.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination countries: All other provisions of the
Agreement shall remain in force.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: The Mailer has agreed to pay postage for
EMS mail in accordance with the following rate chart.
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Country Group
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Percent Discount off the
Nondiscounted Published Rates in
Effect on the Date of Mailing
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1 Canada
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16.00%
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2 Mexico
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16.00
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3 United Kingdom
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16.00
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4 Japan
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16.00
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5 China
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16.00
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6
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16.00
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7
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16.00
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8
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16.00
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9
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16.00
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10
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16.00
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11
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16.00
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12
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16.00
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- International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On June 25, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
November 8, 1999. The Agreement was published in Postal Bulletin 22022 (4-20-00, page 62). The Amendment
modifies the Agreement to change the rate structure for
Global Express Mail (EMS). The rates for EMS will no longer be expressed in terms of a per-piece and per-pound
price. In accordance with International Mail Manual (IMM)
297.4, the Postal Service previously announced entering
into an International Customized Mail Service Agreement
with this qualifying mailer and hereby makes public the following information regarding this Amendment:
a. Term: July 2, 2001, through December 31, 2002.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination countries: Barbados and Japan.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: The Mailer has agreed to pay postage for
EMS at twenty-eight percent (28.0%) off the nondiscounted published rates.
- International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On June 26, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
October 5, 1999. The Agreement was published in Postal
Bulletin 22021 (4-6-00, page 38). The Amendment is to
modify the rates structure for Global Express mail (EMS).
The rates for EMS will no longer be expressed in terms of a
per-piece and per-pound price. In accordance with International Mail Manual (IMM) 297.4, the Postal Service previously announced entering into an International
Customized Mail Service Agreement with this qualifying
mailer and hereby makes public the following information
regarding this Amendment:
a. Term: July 2, 2001, through October 19, 2001.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination country: Japan.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: The Mailer has agreed to pay postage for
EMS at twenty-seven percent (27.0%) off the nondiscounted published rates.
- International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On July 3, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
December 19, 2000. The Agreement was published in
Postal Bulletin 22044 (2-22-01, page 52). The Amendment
modifies the Agreement to change the termination date of
the existing Agreement. In accordance with International
Mail Manual (IMM) 297.4, the Postal Service previously announced entering into an International Customized Mail
Service Agreement with this qualifying mailer and hereby
makes public the following information regarding this
Amendment:
a. Term: January 1, 2001, through June 30, 2001.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination countries: All other provisions of the
Agreement shall remain in force.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: All other provisions of the Agreement shall
remain in force.
- International Business, 9-6-01
ICM UPDATE
On July 11, 2001, the Postal Service amended an International Customized Mail (ICM) Service Agreement dated
April 30, 2001. The Agreement was published in Postal Bulletin 22057 (8-23-01, page 42). The Amendment modifies
the Agreement to add discounted postage rates for worldwide Airmail Parcel Post (APP) without Postal Service labeling service. In accordance with International Mail
Manual (IMM) 297.4, the Postal Service previously announced entering into an International Customized Mail
Service Agreement with this qualifying mailer and hereby
makes public the following information regarding this
Amendment:
a. Term: July 11, 2001, through April 30, 2003.
b. Type of mail: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
c. Destination countries: All other provisions of the
Agreement shall remain in force.
d. Service provided by the Postal Service: All other
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
e. Minimum volume commitments: All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force.
f. Worksharing: All other provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in force.
g. Rates: The Mailer has agreed to pay postage for
APP in accordance with the following rate chart.
Airmail Parcel Post (APP)
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Weight
Not
Over
(lbs.)
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Rate
Group
1
Canada
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Rate
Group
2
Mexico
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Rate
Group
3
England
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Rate
Group
4
Japan
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Rate
Group
5
China
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Rate
Group
6
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Rate
Group
7
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Rate
Group
8
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Rate
Group
9
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Rate
Group
10
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Rate
Group
11
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Rate
Group
12
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Rate
Group
13
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1
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$12.46
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$12.22
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$15.04
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$15.34
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$14.34
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$13.16
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$15.51
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$11.75
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$13.69
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$15.04
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$16.92
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$13.16
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$15.98
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2
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12.46
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14.57
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18.80
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19.33
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18.57
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14.57
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17.86
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15.04
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17.69
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17.39
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20.68
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14.57
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17.86
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3
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13.40
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16.69
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22.56
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23.09
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23.03
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16.45
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20.45
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18.80
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21.92
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20.21
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24.44
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16.22
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20.68
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4
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14.57
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19.04
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26.32
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27.32
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27.97
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19.04
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23.03
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22.80
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25.21
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22.56
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28.20
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18.10
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23.50
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5
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15.75
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21.62
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30.08
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31.55
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32.90
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21.39
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25.62
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27.03
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30.85
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24.91
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31.96
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19.98
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26.32
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6
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16.78
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23.50
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32.90
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34.65
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36.90
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24.11
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28.44
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30.69
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34.37
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27.73
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35.25
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22.33
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29.38
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7
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17.81
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25.38
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35.72
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37.75
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40.89
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26.84
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31.26
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34.36
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38.04
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30.55
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38.54
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24.68
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32.43
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8
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18.85
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27.26
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38.54
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40.86
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44.89
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29.56
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34.08
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38.02
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41.70
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33.37
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41.83
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27.03
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35.49
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9
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19.88
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29.14
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41.36
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43.96
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48.88
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32.29
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36.90
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41.69
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45.37
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36.19
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45.12
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29.38
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38.54
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10
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20.92
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31.02
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44.18
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47.06
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52.88
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35.02
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39.72
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45.36
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49.03
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39.01
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48.41
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31.73
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41.60
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11
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21.95
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32.90
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47.00
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50.16
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56.87
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37.74
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42.54
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49.02
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52.70
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41.83
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51.70
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34.08
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44.65
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12
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22.98
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34.78
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49.82
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53.26
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60.87
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40.47
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45.36
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52.69
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56.37
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44.65
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54.99
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36.43
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47.71
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13
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24.02
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36.66
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52.64
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56.37
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64.86
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43.19
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48.18
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56.35
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60.03
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47.47
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58.28
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38.78
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50.76
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14
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25.05
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38.54
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55.46
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59.47
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68.86
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45.92
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51.00
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60.02
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63.70
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50.29
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61.57
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41.13
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53.82
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