Effective October 26, 2017, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), Exhibit 292.45a and Exhibit 293.45a, to reflect current information for Venezuela.
Periodically, the Postal Service receives requests such as this from foreign posts to facilitate operational needs. Venezuela requested that we update as soon as possible the foreign office of exchange code for International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) service and International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) service items sent to Venezuela. In order to provide mailers the time needed to make necessary logistical and software changes, we are not requiring these revisions from mailers until January 23, 2018. Nonetheless, in order to expedite delivery, the Postal Service encourages mailers to implement these revisions immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.45 IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 292.45a IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Venezuela to read as follows:]
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293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service
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293.4 Mail Preparation
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293.45 ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 293.45a ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Venezuela to read as follows:]
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When effective, we will incorporate these revisions into the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing, 10-26-17
