Effective March 15, 2008, we are revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect that Priority Mail International™ parcel service to Bolivia is suspended due to lack of available air transportation.
Until further notice, Post Offices™ must not accept Priority Mail International parcels destined to Bolivia. This suspension is applicable only to Priority Mail International parcels and does not include the Priority Mail International Flat-Rate Envelope or other international mail categories currently available to Bolivia.
For Priority Mail International parcels already deposited, Post Office employees must endorse them “Mail Service Temporarily Suspended — Return to Sender” and then place them in the mailstream for return. The Postal Service™ will refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service, provided that the customer files an application in accordance with IMM 941 and 943.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Bolivia
Country Conditions for Mailing
[Add the following note before the heading “Prohibitions”:]
Priority Mail International parcel service is suspended due to lack of available air transportation. This suspension of service does not affect the Priority Mail International flat-rate envelope or other international mail categories currently available.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the IMM and into the online version of the IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— International Postal Relations,
International Postal Affairs, 3-13-08
