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Notice: IMpb Compliance Thresholds for September 7, 2014

The Postal Service™ announced in the Federal Register notice final rule, titled New Standards to Enhance Package Visibility (78 FR, 76548-76560) and dated December 18, 2013, the threshold requirements for mailers to comply with Intelligent Mail package barcodes (IMpb). This notice is a reminder that the new IMpb thresholds have been deferred until September 7, 2014, to coincide with the Price Change.

The table below shows the thresholds and the respective dates for implementation.

 

IMpb Compliance Thresholds

September 7, 2014

January 25, 2015

Unique Trackable Barcode (legacy or IMpb)

99%

99%*
*IMpb only by January 25, 2015

Destination Delivery Address/11-Digit DPV
ZIP™ Code/ZIP + 4 in file

95%

98%**
**Street address/11-digit DPV code by January 25, 2015

Shipping Services File
v1.6 or higher
(v1.3, v1.5 permitted)

95%

97%***
***SSF v1.6 or higher ONLY

by January 25, 2015

— Product Classification, Pricing, 8-21-14




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