Effective November 2, 2009, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 123.712 and part 527 to clarify mailers’ responsibilities when sending consumer communications device (CCD) items to Cuba.
Consistent with the article titled “IMM Revision: Updated Standards for Mailing Items to Cuba” in Postal Bulletin 22268 (9-24-09, pages 14–19), which announced the authorization to send CCD items to Cuba, we are further revising the IMM to include standards for these items when they do not qualify as a gift parcel and therefore require a mandatory electronic filing under IMM 524.21c. Consequently, we are revising IMM 123.712e to codify that items sent to Cuba may require a Proof of Filing Citation (PFC) or AES Downtime Citation.
In addition, we are revising IMM 527 to codify the following procedures for customers who send CCD items to Cuba:
a. Customers who use the September 2009 edition of PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN22 — Sender’s Declaration (green label), should, in block 7 of the form, write one PFC or AES Downtime Citation and also completely obliterate the check boxes and text referring to NOEEI § 30.37(a) and NOEEI § 30.37(h).
b. Customers who use older editions of PS Form 2976 should write one PFC or AES Downtime Citation in the margin on the green portion of the form.
The actual text for these revisions appear in this Postal Bulletin issue in the article titled “IMM Revision: Updated U.S. Census Requirements When Sending an International Shipment” (see below).
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.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 10-8-09
