Effective March 13, 2008, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to update the Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) service area rate groups.
These revisions will be incorporated in the next update of the IMM as noted below. We encourage mailers to make the related changes as soon as possible.
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
Global Express Guaranteed service is available to the following destinating countries and territories. For rate purposes, countries have been placed into one of eight rate groups.
[Revise the rate groups in the country chart for the countries listed below.]
Global Express Guaranteed service is available to all locations that are referenced in the Individual Country Listings except for the following:
[Revise the list by removing Algeria and adding Equatorial Guinea, Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), and Turkmenistan.]
Only documents (see 211.3) may be sent to the following countries:
[Revise the list by removing Syrian Arab Republic (Syria).]
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Individual Country Listings
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Algeria
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Global Express Guaranteed (210)
[Revise this section by replacing the text “Not Available” with information as follows:]
Insurance (215.5)
Size Limits (216.4)
An item must be large enough to accommodate on its face the postage and the plastic pouch that holds the Global Express Guaranteed Air Waybill/Shipping Invoice (shipping label).
The shipping label is approximately 5.5 inches high and 9.5 inches long, and the plastic pouch is approximately 7 inches high and 12 inches long.
Maximum length: 46 inches
Maximum width: 35 inches
Maximum height: 46 inches
Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches
General Conditions for Mailing
See Publication 141, Global Express Guaranteed Service Guide, for information about areas served in the destination country, allowable contents, packaging and labeling requirements, tracking and tracing, service standards, and other conditions for mailing.
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Equatorial Guinea
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Global Express Guaranteed (210)
[Replace the GXG rate table and sections titled “Insurance,” “Size Limits,” and “General Conditions for Mailing” with the following text:]
Not Available
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Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Global Express Guaranteed (210)
[Replace the GXG rate table and sections titled “Insurance,” “Size Limits,” and “General Conditions for Mailing” with the following text:]
Not Available
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Turkmenistan
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Global Express Guaranteed (210)
[Replace the GXG rate table and sections titled “Insurance,” “Size Limits,” and “General Conditions for Mailing” with the following text:]
Not Available
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the IMM and into the online version of the IMM, available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 3-13-08