Effective September 4, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 121.2 to stipulate that mailers must not remove USPS®-owned mail transport equipment (MTE) from the United States for any purpose (e.g., transporting items that will be entered as domestic mail from outside the United States to the United States) without a written agreement between the customer and the USPS manager of Mail Transport Equipment. Under no circumstances will the U.S. Postal Service® grant approval for MTE to be out of the United States for more than 14 days. This standard is consistent with part 581 of the Postal Operations Manual.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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1 International Mail Services
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120 Preparation for Mailing
121 General Information for Mail Preparation
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121.2 Use of Postal Service Equipment
[Revise 121.2 in its entirety to read as follows:]
Consistent with Postal Operations Manual part 581, and without regard to mail class, mailers may use USPS-owned mail transport equipment (MTE) only to transport mail to a USPS facility. Mailers may not retain USPS-owned MTE for their internal operating use or personal convenience, and such equipment may not be furnished to mailers for such purposes. Mailers may not use USPS-owned MTE to transport mail from foreign countries when such mail is not intended for dispatch through the U.S. Postal Service. In addition, mailers must not remove USPS-owned MTE from the United States for any purpose (e.g., transporting items that will be entered as domestic mail from outside the United States to the United States) without a written agreement between the customer and the USPS manager of Mail Transport Equipment. Under no circumstances will the U.S. Postal Service grant approval for USPS-owned MTE to be out of the United States for more than 14 days. For additional information, contact the USPS manager of Mail Transport Equipment at the following address:
MANAGER Mail transport equipment
US POSTAL SERVICE
475 L’ENFANT PLZ SW RM 7676
WASHINGTON DC 20260-7102
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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