The article titled “IMM Revision: Changes to Pricing and Mailing Standards for International Shipping Services” in Postal Bulletin 22378 (12-12-13, pages 17–28 and 49–61) included many revisions for various international shipping services (which will become effective January 26, 2014).
However, that article included a few typographical errors and editorial errors. We publish this article to indicate the correct text where appropriate.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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230 Priority Mail International
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232 Eligibility
232.1 Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes
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232.12 Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International
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232.122 Availability
[The article referred to the exhibit as “Exhibit 231.122,” although the correct reference is “Exhibit 232.122.” We include the correct references in this article.]
[Revise the last sentence and add Exhibit 232.122 to read as follows:]
***The service is available only to the countries listed in Exhibit 232.122.
Exhibit 232.122 Countries Accepting Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International Service
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.48 Presort Mailings — Price Groups 15 through 19
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292.483 Direct Country — Optional Sack Preparation
The mailer may optionally prepare direct country sacks or mixed country sacks of presorted IPA mail when sacks are used for all processing categories as follows:
a. Full-Service and ISC Drop Shipment — Direct country sacks.
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[The second sentence in item a.2 included an incorrect second reference to Exhibit 292.45b (regarding price group information). We correct that item to read as follows:]
2. Container Tags. ***The mailer must check the appropriate box to indicate if the sack contains items with or without customs forms, identify the destination country, and enter the date of mailing, the 10-digit permit number, the foreign office of exchange code as listed in Exhibit 292.45a and Exhibit 292.45b, and the price group as listed in Exhibit 292.45a.***
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293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service
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293.2 Eligibility
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293.22 Availability
[The article included an unnecessary third sentence. We correct that item to read as follows:]
ISAL service is available only to the foreign countries that are listed in Exhibit 293.45a, which shows the foreign office of exchange code and the price group assigned to each country. For additional information for Canada, see Exhibit 293.45b.
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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.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 12-26-13
