Effective November 27, 2014, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) subchapter 520 to update standards to comply with specific Foreign Trade Regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, for items sent internationally.
In section 526.2, we are revising two AES Exemption references so that the exemption is slightly more general for ease of use by mailers. In addition, we are revising part 527 to provide guidance to those customers who need to indicate on PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration, the AES Citation “NOEEI 30.37(y)” (which is not currently preprinted on the form).
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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5 Nonpostal Export Regulations
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520 Foreign Trade Regulations — U.S. Census Bureau
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526 AES Exemption
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526.2 When Applicable
Customers with shipments not meeting the mandatory filing requirements under 524.21b–f may apply an AES Exemption such as the following on each customs declaration form:
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[Revise item c by changing “NOEEI 30.37(y)(4)” to “NOEEI 30.37(y),” to read as follows:]
c. “NOEEI 30.37(h)” or “NOEEI 30.37(y)” for shipments of gift parcels and humanitarian donations that are eligible to be sent to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria.
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[Revise item d by changing “NOEEI 30.37(y)(1)” to “NOEEI 30.37(y),” to read as follows:]
d. “NOEEI 30.37(y)” for shipments of informational materials that are eligible to be sent to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria.
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527 Placement of ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption
When a shipment requires an ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption, it is the customer’s responsibility to legibly write the ITN, AES Downtime Citation, or AES Exemption on the applicable customs declaration form as follows:
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[Revise item c to read as follows:]
c. On PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN 22 — Sender’s Declaration, the customer should check the box for “NOEEI § 30.37(a)” or “NOEEI § 30.37(h)” (depending on the applicable AES Exemption) in block 8. If the customer is sending informational materials to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria as described in 526.2d, the customer should (1) completely obliterate the check boxes and text referring to NOEEI § 30.37(a) and NOEEI § 30.37(h) in block 8, and (2) write in NOEEI § 30.37(y).
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Although effective November 27, 2014, we will incorporate these revisions into the January 26, 2015 update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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