Effective May 16, 2013, the Postal Service™ is revising the mailing standards for the Global Direct Entry™ (GDE) Wholesaler program regarding certain eligibility criteria. These revised standards will appear in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) in the next online update.
One criterion for program eligibility is a mailer’s ability to meet an annual revenue threshold for various domestic mail classes. When we introduced the GDE Wholesaler program in the Postal Bulletin article titled “IMM Revision: Global Direct Entry Wholesaler Program” in Postal Bulletin 22340 (6-28-12, pages 6–8), we inadvertently excluded First-Class Package Service™ and Parcel Select Lightweight® service as domestic mail classes that can be used to meet the annual revenue threshold for program eligibility, and since then, the IMM has inadvertently excluded them too. Also, as announced in the article titled “DMM Revision: Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes” in Postal Bulletin 22352 (12-13-12, pages 21–43), the Postal Service discontinued Parcel Select Regional Ground® service effective January 27, 2013, but since then, the IMM has continued to inadvertently include that service as eligible for the GDE Wholesaler program. Consequently, we are revising the IMM to include the applicable domestic services that are currently eligible for the GDE Wholesaler program.
Also effective May 16, 2013, the Postal Service is lowering the minimum annual revenue threshold criterion for the GDE Wholesaler Program from $250,000 to $100,000. Consequently, we are revising the IMM to note this change too.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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6 Special Programs
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620 Global Direct Entry Wholesaler Program
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622 Qualifying as a GDE Wholesaler
622.1 Eligibility Criteria
A GDE wholesaler must meet the following eligibility criteria:
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[Revise item b to read as follows:]
b. Be capable on an annualized basis of paying to the Postal Service a minimum of $100,000 in postage for any combination of Express Mail, Priority Mail, First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select Destination Entry, Parcel Select NDC Presort, Parcel Select ONDC Presort, Parcel Select Nonpresort, or Parcel Select Lightweight items after all discounts have been applied, exclusive of any extra services fees (e.g., insurance), for items imported into the United States and tendered to the Postal Service under the GDE Wholesaler Program.
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623 Disqualification as a GDE Wholesaler
623.1 Determining Factors
The Postal Service will disqualify any wholesaler as a GDE wholesaler for any of the following reasons:
[Revise item a to read as follows:]
a. On an annualized basis, fails to pay the Postal Service a minimum of $100,000 in postage for any combination of Express Mail, Priority Mail, First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select Destination Entry, Parcel Select NDC Presort, Parcel Select ONDC Presort, Parcel Select Nonpresort, or Parcel Select Lightweight items after all discounts have been applied, exclusive of any extra services fees (e.g., insurance), for items imported into the United States and tendered to the Postal Service under the GDE Wholesaler Program.
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, 5-16-13
