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IMM Revision: Global Express Guaranteed

Effective January 31, 2008, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser­vice, International Mail Manual (IMM®) 216 to correct the price application for Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) service.

Currently, the IMM states that all GXG pricing is based on dimensional weight or actual weight, whichever is greater. The IMM is revised to state that dimensional weight no longer applies to items mailed in USPS®-sup­plied GXG envelopes. This correction makes the IMM con­sistent with the Point of Service (POS) terminals, which apply postage based on the weight of the USPS-supplied GXG envelopes. GXG pricing based on actual weight is determined by rounding up (if necessary) as follows:

The price for items not mailed in USPS-supplied GXG envelopes continues to be based on dimensional weight or actual weight, whichever is greater.

The 10-percent online discount under IMM 212.22 con­tinues to apply to USPS-supplied GXG envelopes. There is no change to GXG rate tables or country groups.

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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216 Sizes and Weights

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[Renumber current 216.3 and 216.4 as new 216.4 and 216.5 respectively, and add new 216.3, 216.31, and 216.32, as follows:]

216.3 Determining Postage for Global Express Guaranteed Service 216.31 USPS-Supplied Global Express Guaranteed Envelopes

Postage for items mailed in USPS-supplied Global Express Guaranteed envelopes is based on the weight of the piece. For items weighing 1/2 pound or less, the postage is the
1/2-pound price. For all other items, the postage is charged per pound or fraction thereof — any fraction of a pound is rounded up to the next whole pound.

216.32 Mailer-Supplied Packaging

Postage for items not mailed in USPS-supplied Global Express Guaranteed envelopes is based on the dimen­sional weight, as calculated under 216.4, or the per-pound weight or fraction thereof rounded up to the next whole pound price, whichever is greater.

216.4 Dimensional Weight

[Delete the paragraph under renumbered 216.4.]

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