Effective January 17, 2016, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) sections 232.91 and 311.21, to reflect that the Certificate of Mailing extra service offering will continue to be available for Priority Mail International® service.
The article titled “IMM Revision: Changes to Pricing and Mailing Standards for International Shipping Services” in Postal Bulletin 22430 (12-10-15, pages 23–52) included revisions to sections 232.91 and 311.21 indicating that Certificate of Mailing service would not be available for Priority Mail International service. However, we will not make those published revisions but instead will continue to use the wording currently in IMM 232.91 and 311.21.
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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232.9 Extra Services
232.91 Certificate of Mailing
[Retain the text as it currently is (rather than using the revised language published in PB 22430) to read as follows:]
Certificate of mailing service is available for purchase for only the following Priority Mail International items:
a. Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes or Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes.
b. Ordinary (uninsured) Priority Mail International parcels including Medium and Large Flat Rate Boxes.
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3 Extra Services
310 Certificate of Mailing
311 Individual Pieces
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311.2 Availability
311.21 At Time of Purchase
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[Retain the text as it currently is (keeping item f and item g rather than deleting item f as published in PB 22430) to read as follows:]
f. Ordinary (uninsured) Priority Mail International parcels including Medium and Large Flat Rate Boxes.
g. Airmail M-bags.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the January 17, 2016, update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 12-24-15
