IMM Revision: Global Express Guaranteed Rate Groups

Effective October 11, 2007, we are revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 213.2 to reflect the current Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) rate group for each country. (The rate groups were effective May 14, 2007, as noted in the April 4, 2007, Federal Register notice.)

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

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2 Conditions for Mailing 210 Global Express Guaranteed

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213 Service Areas

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213.2 Destinating Countries and Rate Groups

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[Revise the table in 213.2 as follows (to reflect the current GXG rate group for each country):]

 

Country

GXG Rate Group

Afghanistan

6

Albania

4

Algeria

No Service

Andorra

5

Angola

4

Anguilla

7

Antigua and Barbuda

7

Argentina

8

Armenia

4

Aruba

7

Ascension

No Service

Australia

6

Austria

5

Azerbaijan

4

Bahamas

7

Bahrain

6

Bangladesh

6

Barbados

7

Belarus

4

Belgium

3

Belize

8

Benin

4

Bermuda

7

Bhutan

6

Bolivia

8

Bosnia-Herzegovina

4

Botswana

4

Brazil

8

British Virgin Islands

7

Brunei Darussalam

4

Bulgaria

4

Burkina Faso

4

Burma (Myanmar)

No Service

Burundi

4

Cambodia

8

Cameroon

4

Canada

1

Cape Verde

4

Cayman Islands

7

Central African Republic

No Service

Chad

4

Chile

8

China

6

Colombia

8

Comoros

No Service

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

4

Congo (Brazzaville), Republic of the

4

Costa Rica

8

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

4

Croatia

4

Cuba

No Service

Cyprus

6

Czech Republic

4

Denmark

5

Djibouti

4

Dominica

7

Dominican Republic

7

Ecuador

8

Egypt

6

El Salvador

8

Equatorial Guinea

4

Eritrea

4

Estonia

4

Ethiopia

4

Falkland Islands

No Service

Faroe Islands

5

Fiji

8

Finland

5

France

3

French Guiana

8

French Polynesia

4

Gabon

4

Gambia

4

Georgia, Republic of

4

Germany

3

Ghana

4

Gibraltar

4

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3

Greece

5

Greenland

5

Grenada

7

Guadeloupe

7

Guatemala

8

Guinea

4

Guinea-Bissau

No Service

Guyana

8

Haiti

7

Honduras

8

Hong Kong

3

Hungary

4

Iceland

5

India

6

Indonesia

6

Iran

No Service

Iraq

6

Ireland (Eire)

3

Israel

6

Italy

3

Jamaica

7

Japan

3

Jordan

6

Kazakhstan

4

Kenya

4

Kiribati

No Service

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea)

No Service

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

6

Kuwait

6

Kyrgyzstan

4

Laos

8

Latvia

4

Lebanon

6

Lesotho

4

Liberia

4

Libya

No Service

Liechtenstein

5

Lithuania

4

Luxembourg

3

Macao

3

Macedonia, Republic of

4

Madagascar

4

Malawi

4

Malaysia

6

Maldives

6

Mali

4

Malta

5

Marshall Islands, Republic of the

No Service

Martinique

7

Mauritania

4

Mauritius

4

Mexico

2

Micronesia, Federated States of

No Service

Moldova

4

Mongolia

4

Montserrat

7

Morocco

4

Mozambique

4

Namibia

4

Nauru

No Service

Nepal

6

Netherlands

3

Netherlands Antilles

7

New Caledonia

8

New Zealand

6

Nicaragua

8

Niger

4

Nigeria

4

Norway

5

Oman

6

Pakistan

6

Panama

8

Papua New Guinea

8

Paraguay

8

Peru

8

Philippines

6

Pitcairn Island

No Service

Poland

4

Portugal

5

Qatar

6

Reunion

4

Romania

4

Russia

4

Rwanda

4

Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis

7

Saint Helena

No Service

Saint Lucia

7

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

No Service

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

7

San Marino

3

Sao Tome and Principe

No Service

Saudi Arabia

4

Senegal

4

Serbia-Montenegro

4

Seychelles

4

Sierra Leone

No Service

Singapore

3

Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

4

Slovenia

4

Solomon Islands

No Service

Somalia

No Service

South Africa

4

Spain

5

Sri Lanka

6

Sudan

No Service

Suriname

8

Swaziland

4

Sweden

5

Switzerland

5

Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)

6

Taiwan

3

Tajikistan

No Service

Tanzania

4

Thailand

6

Togo

4

Tonga

No Service

Trinidad and Tobago

7

Tristan da Cunha

No Service

Tunisia

4

Turkey

6

Turkmenistan

4

Turks and Caicos Islands

7

Tuvalu

No Service

Uganda

4

Ukraine

4

United Arab Emirates

6

Uruguay

8

Uzbekistan

4

Vanuatu

8

Vatican City

3

Venezuela

8

Vietnam

6

Wallis and Futuna Islands

4

Western Samoa

No Service

Yemen

6

Zambia

4

Zimbabwe

4

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the IMM and also into the online version of the IMM, which can be accessed via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.