IMM Revision: Special Drawing Right Values and Indemnity Limits for Ordinary Priority Mail International Parcels and Registered Mail Service

Effective January 1, 2015, the Postal Service™ will revise the following sections in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect a change in the conversion rate between special drawing right (SDR) values and U.S. dollars, and to reflect changes to the indemnity limits for ordinary Priority Mail International® parcels and Registered Mail™ items, both of which are affected by the SDR values:

n Exhibit 232.83.

n Section 323.62.

n Exhibit 323.62.

n Section 333.2.

n Section 934.2.

n The Individual Country Listing for each country that offers Registered Mail service.

Postal Service retail employees use the weight and indemnity limits in Exhibit 232.83 when a customer presents an ordinary parcel for mailing. Postal Service retail employees use the dollars-to-SDR conversion table in Exhibit 323.62 when a customer presents an insured parcel for mailing, subject to availability in the destination country. For insured parcels, employees must write the insured amount, stated in terms of both dollars and SDR values, in the designated blocks on PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note CP 72.

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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

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232.8 Priority Mail International Insurance and Indemnity

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232.83 Ordinary Priority Mail International Weight and Indemnity Limits

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Exhibit 232.83 Ordinary Priority Mail International Weight and Indemnity Limits

[Revise Exhibit 232.83 to read as follows:]

 

Weight Not Over (lbs.)

Indemnity

1

$64.59

2

67.73

3

70.87

4

74.01

5

77.15

6

80.29

7

83.43

8

86.57

9

89.71

10

92.85

11

95.99

12

99.13

13

102.27

14

105.41

15

108.55

16

111.69

17

114.83

18

$117.97

19

121.11

20

124.25

21

127.39

22

130.53

23

133.67

24

136.81

25

139.95

26

143.09

27

146.23

28

149.37

29

152.51

30

155.65

31

158.79

32

161.93

33

165.07

34

168.21

35

171.35

36

$174.49

37

177.63

38

180.77

39

183.91

40

187.05

41

190.19

42

193.33

43

196.47

44

199.61

45

202.75

46

205.89

47

209.03

48

212.17

49

215.31

50

218.45

51

221.59

52

224.73

53

227.87

54

$231.01

55

234.15

56

237.29

57

240.43

58

243.57

59

246.71

60

249.85

61

252.99

62

256.13

63

259.27

64

262.41

65

265.55

66

268.69

67

271.83

68

274.97

69

278.11

70

281.25

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3 Extra Services

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320 Insurance

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323 Priority Mail International Insurance

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323.6 Preparation of Insured Priority Mail International Parcels

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323.62 Accepting Clerk’s Responsibility

The accepting clerk must do the following:

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[In item b, revise the SDR amount to be 65.09, to read as follows:]

b. For example:

INSURED VALUE
$100.00 (US)
65.09 SDR

[Revise item c to read as follows:]

c. See Exhibit 323.62 for a table showing the conversion of U.S. dollar values up to $600 to SDR equivalents. To determine SDR equivalents above $600, multiply the insured amount, rounded up to the next full dollar, by the conversion factor of 0.6509.

    Note: Use the following rates when converting between U.S. dollars and SDR values:

1 U.S. $ = 0.6509 SDR
1 SDR = $1.54 ($1.5364 U.S.)

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[Revise Exhibit 323.62 to read as follows:]

Exhibit 323.62 Conversion Table: U.S. Dollars to Special Drawing Right (SDR)

1 U.S. $ = 0.6509 SDR 1 SDR = $1.54 ($1.5364 U.S.)

 

US $

SDR

1

$0.6509

2

1.3018

3

1.9527

4

2.6036

5

3.2545

6

3.9054

7

4.5563

8

5.2072

9

5.8581

10

6.5090

11

7.1599

12

7.8108

13

8.4617

14

9.1126

15

9.7635

16

10.4144

17

11.0653

18

11.7162

19

12.3671

20

13.0180

21

13.6689

22

14.3198

23

14.9707

24

15.6216

25

16.2725

26

16.9234

27

17.5743

28

18.2252

29

18.8761

30

19.5270

31

20.1779

32

20.8288

33

21.4797

34

22.1306

35

22.7815

36

23.4324

37

24.0833

38

24.7342

39

25.3851

40

26.0360

41

26.6869

42

27.3378

43

27.9887

44

28.6396

45

29.2905

46

29.9414

47

30.5923

48

31.2432

49

31.8941

50

32.5450

51

33.1959

52

33.8468

53

34.4977

54

35.1486

55

35.7995

56

36.4504

57

37.1013

58

37.7522

59

38.4031

60

39.0540

61

39.7049

62

40.3558

63

41.0067

64

41.6576

65

42.3085

66

42.9594

67

43.6103

68

44.2612

69

44.9121

70

45.5630

71

46.2139

72

46.8648

73

47.5157

74

48.1666

75

48.8175

76

49.4684

77

50.1193

78

50.7702

79

51.4211

80

52.0720

81

52.7229

82

53.3738

83

54.0247

84

54.6756

85

55.3265

86

55.9774

87

56.6283

88

57.2792

89

57.9301

90

58.5810

91

59.2319

92

59.8828

93

60.5337

94

61.1846

95

61.8355

96

62.4864

97

63.1373

98

63.7882

99

64.4391

100

65.0900

101

65.7409

102

66.3918

103

67.0427

104

67.6936

105

68.3445

106

68.9954

107

69.6463

108

70.2972

109

70.9481

110

71.5990

111

72.2499

112

72.9008

113

73.5517

114

74.2026

115

74.8535

116

75.5044

117

76.1553

118

76.8062

119

77.4571

120

78.1080

121

78.7589

122

79.4098

123

80.0607

124

80.7116

125

81.3625

126

82.0134

127

82.6643

128

83.3152

129

83.9661

130

84.6170

131

85.2679

132

85.9188

133

86.5697

134

87.2206

135

87.8715

136

88.5224

137

89.1733

138

89.8242

139

90.4751

140

91.1260

141

91.7769

142

92.4278

143

93.0787

144

93.7296

145

94.3805

146

95.0314

147

95.6823

148

96.3332

149

96.9841

150

97.6350

151

98.2859

152

98.9368

153

99.5877

154

100.2386

155

100.8895

156

101.5404

157

102.1913

158

102.8422

159

103.4931

160

104.1440

161

104.7949

162

105.4458

163

106.0967

164

106.7476

165

107.3985

166

108.0494

167

108.7003

168

109.3512

169

110.0021

170

110.6530

171

111.3039

172

111.9548

173

112.6057

174

113.2566

175

113.9075

176

114.5584

177

115.2093

178

115.8602

179

116.5111

180

117.1620

181

117.8129

182

118.4638

183

119.1147

184

119.7656

185

120.4165

186

121.0674

187

121.7183

188

122.3692

189

123.0201

190

123.6710

191

124.3219

192

124.9728

193

125.6237

194

126.2746

195

126.9255

196

127.5764

197

128.2273

198

128.8782

199

129.5291

200

130.1800

201

130.8309

202

131.4818

203

132.1327

204

132.7836

205

133.4345

206

134.0854

207

134.7363

208

135.3872

209

136.0381

210

136.6890

211

137.3399

212

137.9908

213

138.6417

214

139.2926

215

139.9435

216

140.5944

217

141.2453

218

141.8962

219

142.5471

220

143.1980

221

143.8489

222

144.4998

223

145.1507

224

145.8016

225

146.4525

226

147.1034

227

147.7543

228

148.4052

229

149.0561

230

149.7070

231

150.3579

232

151.0088

233

151.6597

234

152.3106

235

152.9615

236

153.6124

237

154.2633

238

154.9142

239

155.5651

240

156.2160

241

156.8669

242

157.5178

243

158.1687

244

158.8196

245

159.4705

246

160.1214

247

160.7723

248

161.4232

249

162.0741

250

162.7250

251

163.3759

252

164.0268

253

164.6777

254

165.3286

255

165.9795

256

166.6304

257

167.2813

258

167.9322

259

168.5831

260

169.2340

261

169.8849

262

170.5358

263

171.1867

264

171.8376

265

172.4885

266

173.1394

267

173.7903

268

174.4412

269

175.0921

270

175.7430

271

176.3939

272

177.0448

273

177.6957

274

178.3466

275

178.9975

276

179.6484

277

180.2993

278

180.9502

279

181.6011

280

182.2520

281

182.9029

282

183.5538

283

184.2047

284

184.8556

285

185.5065

286

186.1574

287

186.8083

288

187.4592

289

188.1101

290

188.7610

291

189.4119

292

190.0628

293

190.7137

294

191.3646

295

192.0155

296

192.6664

297

193.3173

298

193.9682

299

194.6191

300

195.2700

301

195.9209

302

196.5718

303

197.2227

304

197.8736

305

198.5245

306

199.1754

307

199.8263

308

200.4772

309

201.1281

310

201.7790

311

202.4299

312

203.0808

313

203.7317

314

204.3826

315

205.0335

316

205.6844

317

206.3353

318

206.9862

319

207.6371

320

208.2880

321

208.9389

322

209.5898

323

210.2407

324

210.8916

325

211.5425

326

212.1934

327

212.8443

328

213.4952

329

214.1461

330

214.7970

331

215.4479

332

216.0988

333

216.7497

334

217.4006

335

218.0515

336

218.7024

337

219.3533

338

220.0042

339

220.6551

340

221.3060

341

221.9569

342

222.6078

343

223.2587

344

223.9096

345

224.5605

346

225.2114

347

225.8623

348

226.5132

349

227.1641

350

227.8150

351

228.4659

352

229.1168

353

229.7677

354

230.4186

355

231.0695

356

231.7204

357

232.3713

358

233.0222

359

233.6731

360

234.3240

361

234.9749

362

235.6258

363

236.2767

364

236.9276

365

237.5785

366

238.2294

367

238.8803

368

239.5312

369

240.1821

370

240.8330

371

241.4839

372

242.1348

373

242.7857

374

243.4366

375

244.0875

376

244.7384

377

245.3893

378

246.0402

379

246.6911

380

247.3420

381

247.9929

382

248.6438

383

249.2947

384

249.9456

385

250.5965

386

251.2474

387

251.8983

388

252.5492

389

253.2001

390

253.8510

391

254.5019

392

255.1528

393

255.8037

394

256.4546

395

257.1055

396

257.7564

397

258.4073

398

259.0582

399

259.7091

400

260.3600

401

261.0109

402

261.6618

403

262.3127

404

262.9636

405

263.6145

406

264.2654

407

264.9163

408

265.5672

409

266.2181

410

266.8690

411

267.5199

412

268.1708

413

268.8217

414

269.4726

415

270.1235

416

270.7744

417

271.4253

418

272.0762

419

272.7271

420

273.3780

421

274.0289

422

274.6798

423

275.3307

424

275.9816

425

276.6325

426

277.2834

427

277.9343

428

278.5852

429

279.2361

430

279.8870

431

280.5379

432

281.1888

433

281.8397

434

282.4906

435

283.1415

436

283.7924

437

284.4433

438

285.0942

439

285.7451

440

286.3960

441

287.0469

442

287.6978

443

288.3487

444

288.9996

445

289.6505

446

290.3014

447

290.9523

448

291.6032

449

292.2541

450

292.9050

451

293.5559

452

294.2068

453

294.8577

454

295.5086

455

296.1595

456

296.8104

457

297.4613

458

298.1122

459

298.7631

460

299.4140

461

300.0649

462

300.7158

463

301.3667

464

302.0176

465

302.6685

466

303.3194

467

303.9703

468

304.6212

469

305.2721

470

305.9230

471

306.5739

472

307.2248

473

307.8757

474

308.5266

475

309.1775

476

309.8284

477

310.4793

478

311.1302

479

311.7811

480

312.4320

481

313.0829

482

313.7338

483

314.3847

484

315.0356

485

315.6865

486

316.3374

487

316.9883

488

317.6392

489

318.2901

490

318.9410

491

319.5919

492

320.2428

493

320.8937

494

321.5446

495

322.1955

496

322.8464

497

323.4973

498

324.1482

499

324.7991

500

325.4500

501

326.1009

502

326.7518

503

327.4027

504

328.0536

505

328.7045

506

329.3554

507

330.0063

508

330.6572

509

331.3081

510

331.9590

511

332.6099

512

333.2608

513

333.9117

514

334.5626

515

335.2135

516

335.8644

517

336.5153

518

337.1662

519

337.8171

520

338.4680

521

339.1189

522

339.7698

523

340.4207

524

341.0716

525

341.7225

526

342.3734

527

343.0243

528

343.6752

529

344.3261

530

344.9770

531

345.6279

532

346.2788

533

346.9297

534

347.5806

535

348.2315

536

348.8824

537

349.5333

538

350.1842

539

350.8351

540

351.4860

541

352.1369

542

352.7878

543

353.4387

544

354.0896

545

354.7405

546

355.3914

547

356.0423

548

356.6932

549

357.3441

550

357.9950

551

358.6459

552

359.2968

553

359.9477

554

360.5986

555

361.2495

556

361.9004

557

362.5513

558

363.2022

559

363.8531

560

364.5040

561

365.1549

562

365.8058

563

366.4567

564

367.1076

565

367.7585

566

368.4094

567

369.0603

568

369.7112

569

370.3621

570

371.0130

571

371.6639

572

372.3148

573

372.9657

574

373.6166

575

374.2675

576

374.9184

577

375.5693

578

376.2202

579

376.8711

580

377.5220

581

378.1729

582

378.8238

583

379.4747

584

380.1256

585

380.7765

586

381.4274

587

382.0783

588

382.7292

589

383.3801

590

384.0310

591

384.6819

592

385.3328

593

385.9837

594

386.6346

595

387.2855

596

387.9364

597

388.5873

598

389.2382

599

389.8891

600

390.5400

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330 Registered Mail

* * * * * 

333 Fees and Indemnity Limits

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333.2 Indemnity Limit

[Revise 333.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $46.09:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $46.09.

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9 Inquiries, Indemnities, and Refunds

* * * * * 

930 Indemnity Payments

* * * * * 

934 Payments for Registered Mail

* * * * * 

934.2 Special Provisions

[Revise 934.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $46.09:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $46.09.

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Individual Country Listings

* * * * * 

Extra Services

* * * * * 

Registered Mail (330)

Fee: Refer to Notice 123, Price List, for the applicable price.

[For every country that offers Registered Mail service in the “Extra Services” section, revise the maximum indemnity limit to $46.09, to read as follows:]

Maximum Indemnity: $46.09

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Although effective on January 1, 2015, we will incorporate these revisions into the online IMM that will be published on January 26, 2015. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.