The article titled “IMM Revision: Two New Customs Forms — PS Form 2976-R and PS Form 2976-ES” in Postal Bulletin 22448 (8-18-16, pages 5–12) included a new section 123.742, but a paragraph of text in that article was inadvertently incorrect.
The correct text appears in this article.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual
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1 International Mail Services
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120 Preparation for Mailing
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123 Customs Forms and Online Shipping Labels
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123.7 Completing Customs Forms
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123.74 PS Form 2976-R, USPS Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note
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123.742 Postal Service Employee’s Acceptance of PS Form 2976-R
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[Revise the Note following item f. to read as follows:]
Note: When using the CBPMAN Bypass option, enter the data from PS Form 2976-R into CBPMAN using Retail Systems Software (RSS) by close of business that same day, which is considered to be 2 a.m. Eastern time (11 p.m. Pacific time).
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Although the IMM text that was published in Postal Bulletin 22448 was effective August 28, 2016, it was not incorporated into the IMM edition published on August 28. We will include the correctly revised text of 123.742 in the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http:⁄⁄pe.usps.com.
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