Effective February 4, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect a change to the Individual Country Listing for Cuba by removing the information about U.S. government sanctions programs while still noting its continuing availability in Publication 699, Special Requirements for Shipping Internationally.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual
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Individual Country Listings
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Cuba
Country Conditions for Mailing
[Currently, the front matter before the Prohibitions is more than two pages long. Revise the front matter in its entirety to read as follows:]
Mail service is limited to First-Class Mail International items, First-Class Package International Service items, and Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes. Priority Mail International parcel service is not available.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce administer sanctions that restrict the mailing of items to certain destinations and recipients, including a broad embargo on items to and from Cuba. Many shipments to Cuba also require the filing of information with the U.S. Census Bureau. Before mailing any items to Cuba, mailers should refer to IMM 510, 520, and 530, and they should also refer to Publication 699, Special Requirements for Shipping Internationally, which is available at http:⁄⁄about.usps.com⁄publications⁄pub699.pdf.
In addition, before mailing gift and humanitarian donations to Cuba, mailers must abide by the rules in 15 CFR § 740.12, or with the rules for consumer communications devices, computers, and software in 15 CFR § 740.19, which can be accessed at http:⁄⁄www.ecfr.gov. Items containing goods may be confiscated upon entering Cuba or returned to sender.
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Restrictions
[Revise the Restrictions to read as follows (indicating that there are no restrictions):]
None
Observations
[Revise the Observations to read as follows (deleting item 2 and removing the numbering from item 1):]
Items not eligible for import into Cuba may be confiscated upon entering Cuba or returned to sender.
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Although effective February 4, 2016, we will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http:⁄⁄pe.usps.com.
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