IMM Revision: Revised PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72

Effective May 11, 2009, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM^®) part 123 to reflect revi­sions to PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dis­patch Note — CP 72. The revised PS Form 2976-A has an edition date of May 2009 and includes several enhance­ments to the edition published in January 2009. An image of Copy 1 of the revised form appears on page 8 in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.

Summary of Changes from the January 2009 Edition

The only revisions to the May edition of PS Form 2976-A are textual revisions to the Instructions page and to the reverse of Copy 6 (Sender’s Copy):

n The Instructions page accounts for governmental regulations regarding exportation, and it clarifies that customers should use multiple forms if there is insuf­ficient space on a single form to list all articles.

n The reverse of Copy 6 provides additional guidance on parcel indemnity coverage, and it includes the current Privacy Act Statement.

Use of Previous and Revised Forms

Upon receipt, mailers may immediately begin using the revised PS Form 2976-A. Postmasters should encourage customers to use the revised PS Form 2976-A as soon as possible, but customers can continue to use the January 2009 edition of PS Form 2976-A until supplies are depleted. For ease of use, mailers also have the option of completing and printing customs declarations electroni­cally at https://webapps.usps.com/customsforms.

Availability of Forms

We will publish a separate article in a later issue of the Postal Bulletin when the revised PS Form 2976-A is avail­able from the Material Distribution Center (MDC).

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

1 International Mail Services

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120 Preparation for Mailing

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123 Customs Forms and Online Shipping Labels

123.1 General

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[Revise the Note by changing the edition date for PS Form 2976-A to read as follows:]

***the current edition of PS Form 2976-A is May 2009;***

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123.7 Completing Customs Forms

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123.72 PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72

123.721 Sender’s Preparation of PS Form 2976-A

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[Revise item c by adding a new fifth sentence to read as follows:]

***When using this option, customers must ensure that the barcodes on the subsequent forms are totally obliterated to avoid multiple barcodes being assigned to the package.***

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Exhibit 123.721
PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72 (Instructions, Copies 1 and 4, and Indemnity Statement)

[Replace the images of the January 2009 edition with images of the May 2009 edition.]

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the IMM and into the monthly update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer^® at http://pe.usps.com.

— Global Business Development,
Global Business, 5-7-09

 

PS Form 2976-A