Link to "IMM Revision: Updates to the Individual Country Listings for China, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia" Link to contents for "Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates"      Link to "IMM Revision: U.S. Postal Service Registered Trademarks"

IMM Revision: Adhesive-backed Envelope Applied to Dutiable Mail

Effective October 7, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 713.11 to clarify that the adhesive-backed envelope applied to inbound dutiable mail is issued by Customs and Border Protection (not by the Treasury Department).

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)

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7 Treatment of Inbound Mail

710 U.S. Customs Information

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713 Treatment of Dutiable Mail at Delivery Office

713.1 Detection and Dispatch of Dutiable Mail

713.11 Detecting Dutiable Items

[Revise the last sentence to read as follows:]

***Dutiable mail will bear the “Original” and “Addressee Receipt” copies of CBP Form 3419ALT, which are enclosed in an orange adhesive-backed Customs and Border Protection envelope attached to the wrapper or envelope.

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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.

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Link to "IMM Revision: Updates to the Individual Country Listings for China, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia" Link to contents for "Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates"      Link to "IMM Revision: U.S. Postal Service Registered Trademarks"