Effective September 3, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) sections 608.2.5.6 and 2.5.8 to codify the authorized USPS®-produced customs declarations forms that may be used when an export license or other electronic filing notice is required through the U.S. Census Bureau’s Automated Export System when sending certain goods to, from, and between U.S. territories, possessions, and Freely Associated States.
For additional information about these forms, please refer to the article titled “IMM Revision: Customs Declaration Forms — Authorized Editions” published in this edition of the Postal Bulletin.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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608 Postal Information and Resources
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2.0 Domestic Mail
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2.5 Foreign Trade Regulations — U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Bureau of the Census
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2.5.6 Placement of ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption
[Revise 2.5.6 in its entirety to read as follows:]
If no customs declaration form is required (e.g., items sent between the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), no other action for recording the ITN or AES Downtime Citation on the package is required. However, when a shipment requires an ITN, or AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption, and a PS Form 2976-A is used under 2.4, it is the customer’s responsibility to legibly write one ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or applicable AES Exemption in block 10 of PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72. The only authorized editions for this form are September 2012 and July 2013.
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2.5.8 When an Export License Is Required
[Revise 2.5.8 in its entirety to read as follows:]
When an export license is required under 2.5.7, a PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72, is always required. The only authorized editions for this form are September 2012 and July 2013. The electronically generated License Number must appear in Block 16, and an ITN or AES Downtime Citation (see 520) must appear in block 10 of the form. See IMM 520 and 530 for complete requirements. In addition, it is the mailer's responsibility to comply with the U.S. Census Bureau's requirements for filing electronic export information, as described in 2.5.1 and 2.5.2.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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