Effective July 28, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) part 123 to reflect revisions to the following forms:
a. PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration.
b. PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72.
c. PS Form 2976-E, Customs Declaration Envelope — CP 91.
The revised edition date for each form is July 2013.
Images of various pages of the revised PS Form 2976 and PS Form 2976-A appear with this article, in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.
The July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976 has the following revisions:
n On the Sender’s Instructions page, in the list of services in the first paragraph, the addition of “First-Class Package International Service™.”
n On the Sender’s Instructions page, in the list of services in the first paragraph, the product name change from “Express Mail International®” to “Priority Mail Express International™.”
n On the Reverse of the Sender’s Instructions page, in the bullet regarding NOEEI § 30.37(h), the revision of text from “as of September 2012” to “as of July 2013.”
The July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976-A has the following revision:
n On the Reverse of the Sender’s Copy, in the second paragraph from the bottom, the product name change from “Express Mail International®” to “Priority Mail Express International™.”
The July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976-E has the following revision:
n In the first paragraph on the front of the plastic envelope, the product name change from “Express Mail International®” to “Priority Mail Express International™.”
We will publish a separate article in a later issue of the Postal Bulletin to announce when the revised forms are available for ordering from the Material Distribution Center (MDC). All the forms are scheduled to be available online starting on July 28, 2013.
All three forms have a revised edition date of July 2013. We encourage mailers to begin using the revised forms immediately upon receipt. We ask that Postmasters tell customers about the revised forms and encourage them to start using the revised forms as soon as possible. However, for PS Forms 2976 and 2976-A, customers may continue to use earlier editions (September 2012 and editions from 2009) until further notice. For PS Form 2976-E, customers may continue to use all earlier editions (October 2012, March 2008, and earlier).
For ease of use, mailers also have the option of completing and printing Customs declarations electronically at https://webapps.usps.com/customsforms.
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 to read as follows:]
Note: The current edition of PS Form 2976 is July 2013; the current edition of PS Form 2976-A is July 2013; the current edition of PS Form 2976-E is July 2013. For PS Forms 2976 and 2976-A, customers may continue to use earlier editions (September 2012 and editions from 2009) until further notice. For PS Form 2976-E, customers may continue to use all earlier editions (October 2012, March 2008, and earlier) until further notice. Except as provided in 123.3 and 123.5, mailers must present at the time of mailing a fully completed sender’s declaration (the Post Office™ copy of PS Form 2976 or 2976-A), which specifies both the sender’s name and address and the addressee’s name and address.
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123.7 Completing Customs Forms
123.71 PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration
123.711 Sender’s Preparation of PS Form 2976
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[Replace Exhibit 123.711a and Exhibit 123.711b:]
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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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[Replace Exhibit 123.721a, Exhibit 123.721b, and Exhibit 123.721c:]
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5 Nonpostal Export Regulations
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520 Foreign Trade Regulations — U.S. Census Bureau
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527 Placement of ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption
When shipments require an ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption, it is the customer’s responsibility to legibly write the ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption on the applicable customs declaration form as follows:
[Revise item a to read as follows (adding the reference to the July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976-A):]
a. On the July 2013 and September 2012 editions of PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72 (large white form), customers should write one ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or applicable AES Exemption in block 10.
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[Revise item d to read as follows (adding the reference to the July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976):]
d. On the July 2013 and September 2012 editions of PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration, customers should check “NOEEI § 30.37(a)” or “NOEEI § 30.37(h)” in block 8 of the form, depending on the applicable AES Exemption.
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530 Commodities and Technical Data
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533 Additional Standards
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533.3 Processing at Post Office Facilities
[Revise the text to read as follows (adding the reference to the July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976-A):]
For items requiring an export license, Postal Service personnel at Post Office facilities must verify that the customs declaration is complete (see 123), including a license number in block 17 and an ITN or AES Downtime Citation (see 520) in block 11 on the May 2009 and January 2009 editions of PS Form 2976-A, or block 16 and an ITN or AES Downtime Citation (see 520) in block 10 on the July 2013 and September 2012 editions of PS Form 2976-A.
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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.
— International Strategy and Business Development Support, Global Business, 7-11-13
Exhibit 123.711a, PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration (Sender’s Instructions — Front and Reverse)
Exhibit 123.711b, PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration (Copy 1 and Copy 2)
Exhibit 123.721a, PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72 (Instructions)
Exhibit 123.721b, PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72 (Copies 1 and 3)
Exhibit 123.721c, PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72 (Indemnity Statement)
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