The article titled “IMM Revision: Items Improperly Deposited Bearing a Retail Customs Form” in Postal Bulletin 22365 (12-13-12, pages 13–14) incorporated updated mailing standards for improperly deposited items bearing a retail customs form.
In that article, the existing Note that appeared after item “h” in section 123.722 was to be revised; however, upon publication into Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), the Note was inadvertently added as an additional Note. We will correct this by removing the second Note that currently appears after IMM 123.722h in the September 3, 2013 edition.
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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123.7 Completing Customs Forms
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123.72 PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72
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123.722 Postal Service Employee’s Acceptance of PS Form 2976-A
The Postal Service acceptance employee must do the following when accepting PS Form 2976-A from the sender:
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[Delete the last Note in its entirety after item h that starts with “Note: To comply with international mail aviation security procedures…”].
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We will incorporate this corrected information into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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