IMM Correction: Return Receipt Service Available for Various Countries

In the edition of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM^®) published November 15, 2012, and in subsequent editions of the IMM through November 2013, many of the Individual Country Listings (ICLs) inadvertently contained incorrect information about the availability of Return Receipt service — many ICLs noted that Return Receipt service was “Available for Registered Mail only,” although for those countries, Return Receipt service is actually “Available for Registered Mail and insured Priority Mail International parcels only.”

Accordingly, effective with the IMM to be published on January 26, 2014, we are correcting the ICLs for the following countries to note that Return Receipt service is “Available for Registered Mail and insured Priority Mail International parcels only”:

n Andorra

n Anguilla

n Antigua and Barbuda

n Argentina

n Armenia

n Aruba

n Austria

n Bahamas

n Belarus

n Belgium

n Belize

n Bermuda

n Bhutan

n Bosnia-Herzegovina

n Botswana

n Brazil

n British Virgin Islands

n Bulgaria

n Burkina Faso

n Burundi

n Canada

n Chad

n China

n Colombia

n Comoros

n Congo, Republic of the

n Cote d Ivoire

n Croatia

n Curacao

n Cyprus

n Czech Republic

n Denmark

n Djibouti

n Egypt

n Estonia

n Faroe Islands

n Finland

n France

n French Guiana

n French Polynesia

n Gabon

n Georgia, Republic of

n Germany

n Greece

n Grenada

n Guinea

n Guyana

n Hungary

n Iceland

n India

n Ireland

n Italy

n Japan

n Kazakhstan

n Kenya

n Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

n Kuwait

n Kyrgyzstan

n Latvia

n Lesotho

n Liberia

n Liechtenstein

n Lithuania

n Luxembourg

n Macao

n Macedonia, Republic of

n Moldova

n Morocco

n Namibia

n Nauru

n Netherlands

n New Caledonia

n New Zealand

n Norway

n Oman

n Pakistan

n Papua New Guinea

n Poland

n Portugal

n Reunion

n Romania

n Russia

n Saint Christopher and Nevis

n Saint Helena

n Saint Pierre and
Miquelon

n Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

n San Marino

n Sao Tome and Principe

n Senegal

n Serbia, Republic of

n Singapore

n Sint Maarten

n Slovak Republic
(Slovakia)

n Spain

n Sweden

n Taiwan

n Tonga

n Tunisia

n Turkey

n Turkmenistan

n Tuvalu

n Ukraine

n United Arab Emirates

n Uzbekistan

n Vatican City

n Wallis and Futuna
Islands

n Western Samoa

n Yemen

For all other countries (more than 80, except Iraq, North Korea, and Montenegro), the ICLs will continue to note that Return Receipt service is “Available for Registered Mail only.” (For Iraq and North Korea, Return Receipt service is not available, and for Montenegro, it is “Available for insured Priority Mail International parcels only.”)

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

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Individual Country Listings

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Andorra

[Editor’s Note: We are using Andorra as an example, but this revision applies to each country noted in the list in this article.]

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Extra Services

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Return Receipt (340)

[Revise the text to read as follows:]

Available for Registered Mail and insured Priority Mail International parcels only.