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Effective July 27, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) Exhibits 292.45b and 293.45b to update the foreign office of exchange codes for containers of International Priority Airmail™ (IPA®) and International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) flat-size items.
With this change, the foreign office of exchange code for containers of flat-size items that are labeled to the Chicago International Service Center and that the Postal Service subsequently dispatches to Toronto, Canada, will be “YTO” (previously, the code was “TOR”). Note: This change affects only containers of flat-size items — containers of letter-size items will still use the code “TOR,” and containers of package-size items will still use the code “YTO.”
Periodically, the Postal Service receives requests from foreign posts to facilitate operational needs. In this case, Canada Post has requested that these changes be implemented as soon as possible. However, in order to provide mailers with the time needed to make necessary logistic and software changes, we are not requiring mailers to make these changes until July 27, 2014. Nonetheless, in order to expedite delivery, the Postal Service encourages mailers to implement these changes immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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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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292.45 IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 292.45b Canadian Mail Container Labeling Information (Full-service Only)
[In the entry for items destined to Toronto, revise the Foreign Office of Exchange Code information to read as follows (moving “flat-size” from the items that use the code “TOR” to the items that use the code “YTO” — i.e., flat-size items are no longer grouped with letter-size items but are now grouped with package-size items) (just for emphasis in this Postal Bulletin article, we are highlighting the revision with bold italic type):]
ZIP Code of Entry Post Office*
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Canadian Destination
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U.S.
Exchange
Office Code
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U.S.
Exchange
Office (or ISC)
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Foreign Office of Exchange Code
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430–469, 472–475, 478–516, 520–528, 530–532, 534–535, 537–551, 553–567, 570–577, 580–588, 600–620, 622–631, 633–641, 644–658, 660–662, 664–681, 683–693, 700–701, 703–708, 710–714, 716–722, 724–731, 733–741, 743–816, 822–831, 840–847, 870–875, 877–885, 893, 897–898
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TORONTO ON FWD
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60290
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ORD
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For IPA letter-size: TOR.
For IPA flat-size and package-size:
YTO.
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293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service
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293.4 Mail Preparation
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293.45 ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 293.45b Canadian Mail Container Labeling Information (Full-service Only)
[In the entry for items destined to Toronto, revise the Foreign Office of Exchange Code information to read as follows (moving “flat-size” from the items that use the code “TOR” to the items that use the code “YTO” — i.e., flat-size items are no longer grouped with letter-size items but are now grouped with package-size items) (just for emphasis in this Postal Bulletin article, we are highlighting the revision with bold italic type):]
ZIP Code of Entry Post Office*
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Canadian Destination
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U.S.
Exchange
Office Code
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U.S.
Exchange
Office (or ISC)
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Foreign Office of Exchange Code
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430–469, 472–475, 478–516, 520–528, 530–532, 534–535, 537–551, 553–567, 570–577, 580–588, 600–620, 622–631, 633–641, 644–658, 660–662, 664–681, 683–693, 700–701, 703–708, 710–714, 716–722, 724–731, 733–741, 743–816, 822–831, 840–847, 870–875, 877–885, 893, 897–898
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TORONTO ON FWD
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60290
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ORD
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For ISAL letter-size: TOR.
For ISAL flat-size and package-size:
YTO.
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When effective, we will incorporate these revisions into the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Pricing, 4-3-14
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