Effective September 17, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) Exhibits 292.45a and 293.45a to update the foreign office of exchange codes for International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) and International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) items sent to Brazil.
Periodically, the Postal Service receives such requests from foreign posts to facilitate operational needs. The foreign post in this case requested that these updates be implemented as soon as possible, in accordance with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Bureau Circular (IBC) 180, October 13, 2014. However, in order to provide mailers the time needed to make necessary logistical and software changes, we are not requiring this change from mailers until December 6, 2015. Nonetheless, in order to expedite delivery, mailers are encouraged 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 292.45a IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Brazil to read as follows (updating the Foreign Office of Exchange Codes):]
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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 293.45a ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Brazil to read as follows (updating the Foreign Office of Exchange Codes):]
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Although effective September 17, 2015, we will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online IMM, which is scheduled for November 2, 2015. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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