Effective June 8, 2007, we revised Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to require customs declarations on all Priority Mail pieces weighing 16 ounces or more sent to or from ZIP Codes beginning with the prefix 969 and to or from ZIP Code 96799. As clarification, the affected “969” ZIP Codes are 96910 through 96940, and 96950 through 96952.
Customers must affix PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note – CP72, to these mailpieces. If PS Form 2976-A will not fit on the address side of the mailpiece, the customer must affix PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN22 – Sender’s Declaration.
For more information, please refer to the June 21, 2007, Postal Bulletin.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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608 Postal Information and Resources
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2.0 Domestic Mail
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[Revise new 2.4 for clarity as follows:]
2.4 Customs Forms Required
Regardless of contents, all Priority Mail weighing 16 ounces or more sent from the United States to ZIP Codes 96910–40, 96950–52, and 96799, and all Priority Mail sent from these ZIP Codes to the United States, must bear customs Form 2976-A. If Form 2976-A will not fit on the address side of the mailpiece, Form 2976 must be used. This mail must be presented to an employee at a post office, to a letter carrier when using Click-N-Ship with Carrier Pickup, or to a Postal Service employee designated by the postmaster.
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We will incorporate this clarification into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 7-5-07
