Effective January 22, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect updated mail preparation requirements for Priority Mail Express International® shipments. Revisions will appear in Exhibit 123.61, section 222.4, and all Individual Country Listings (ICLs) for countries that accept Priority Mail Express International service.
In the article “IMM Revision: Preparation Requirements for Priority Mail Express International Shipments” in Postal Bulletin 22375 (10-31-13, pages 17-19), we incorporated mailing standards for the July 2013 edition of PS Form 2976-B, Priority Mail Express International Shipping Label and Customs Form and announced that Label 11-B, Express Mail Post Office to Addressee would no longer be authorized for Priority Mail Express International shipments. In the articles “IMM Revision: Preparation Requirements for Priority Mail Express Shipments” and “DMM Revision: Mandatory Use of Customs Declaration PS Form 2976-B on APO/FPO/DPO Priority Mail Express” in Postal Bulletin 22418 (6-25-15, pages 7–11 and page 6, respectively), we continued the work begun in the 2013 article and made PS Form 2976-B mandatory for all Priority Mail Express International shipments that require a customs form. Now, in this article, we are completing the transition and revising the IMM to indicate that all Priority Mail Express International shipments must carry a PS Form 2976-B, regardless of weight, value, or contents.
In conjunction with the IMM revisions, we are making PS Form 2976-B mandatory for all Priority Mail Express® shipments to and from APO/FPO/DPO addresses, regardless of weight, value, or contents — see the article “DMM Revision: Customs Declaration Form PS Form 2976-B Mandatory for Use on All APO/FPO/DPO Priority Mail Express — Use of PS Form 2976-R Delayed” in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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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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123.6 Required Usage
123.61 Conditions
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Exhibit 123.61
Customs Declaration Form Usage by Mail Category
[Revise Exhibit 123.61 to read as follows, indicating that PS Form 2976-B is required for all Priority Mail Express International items (i.e., that the requirement no longer varies by country):]
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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220 Priority Mail Express International
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222 Eligibility
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222.4 Customs Forms Required
[Replace the first sentence with the following two sentences to read as follows, indicating that PS Form 2976-B is required for all Priority Mail Express International items:]
For all Priority Mail Express International items, the mailer must electronically generate PS Form 2976-B, or must complete PS Form 2976-R for presentation at a Post Office retail service counter where the PS Form 2976-B is electronically generated. Also, if applicable, the mailer must fulfill any other nonpostal export requirements described in Chapter 5.***
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Individual Country Listings
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Argentina
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Priority Mail Express International (220)
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Customs Forms Required (123)
[In the entry for “Business papers and documents,” replace “No form required” with “PS Form 2976-B inside PS Form 2976-E (plastic envelope).” Do not delete the text about endorsements. For clarity, we are showing the omitted text with strikethrough, the added text with bold and italics, and the text that stays the same with no special formatting, to read as follows:]
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[Using Argentina’s ICL as an example, make the same revisions for each country that accepts Priority Mail Express International service but does not currently require PS Form 2976-B for documents. Note that the language used to refer to documents (in the first column) may vary by country, but all countries say “No form required,” which is the text being revised. Reminder: do not delete any endorsements. Revise the following ICLs: Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Barbados; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Burkina Faso; Chile; China; Colombia; Cuba; Curacao; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Faroe Islands; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Guyana; Hong Kong; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Korea, Republic of (South Korea); Kuwait; Liechtenstein; Macao; Malaysia; Mali; Mexico; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Panama; Qatar; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Singapore; Sint Maarten; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; Uruguay; and Venezuela.]
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We will incorporate these revisions 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
