Effective January 27, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) item 123.61c to clarify that the requirement for an export license might require the mailer to send the mailpiece via Express Mail International® service or Priority Mail International® service (but not with Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes or Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes).
There are no substantive changes to this revision — as indicated in 123.61c, an export license must always bear PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72, and the only authorized mail classes that may be used with this form are Express Mail International items or Priority Mail International items (excluding the Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes or Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes).
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
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123 Customs Forms and Online Shipping Labels
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123.6 Required Usage
123.61 Conditions
The following conditions apply to customs forms for international mail items:
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[Revise item “c” (that adds a new last sentence) to read as follows:]
International destination addresses must comply with the following standards:
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c. Regardless of any listing in Exhibit 123.61, items containing articles that require an export license (see 532) must always bear PS Form 2976-A. In certain circumstances, this might require the mailer to send the mailpiece via Express Mail International service or Priority Mail International service (but not with Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes or Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes).
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 11-29-12
