Effective January 22, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise the Individual Country Listing (ICL) for Egypt in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect that Egypt is prohibiting postal items containing liquids or lithium batteries, whether sent directly or in transit. Although not included in the IMM until January 22, 2017, these changes are already in effect.
This ICL revision is a result of a formal request made through the Universal Postal Union (UPU) via International Bureau Circular 179, dated November 14, 2016.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Egypt
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
[Add two new prohibitions in alphabetical order to read as follows:]
Liquids.
Lithium batteries.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing, 12-22-16
