Effective December 7, 2017, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), subsection 608.2.3, International Mail, to add information regarding international inbound mail entry at domestic offshore locations.
For more information on international inbound mail entry at domestic offshore locations, see “IMM Revision: International Inbound Mail Entry” in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.
Although effective immediately, we will not publish this revision in the online DMM until the next update.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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608 Postal Information and Resources
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2.0 Domestic Mail
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2.3 International Mail
[Revise 2.3 to read as follows (adding new title 2.3.1 before the current text and adding new section 2.3.2):]
2.3.1 General
International mail is mail addressed to or received from foreign countries, except under 2.2. Provisions for international mail are published in the International Mail Manual (IMM).
2.3.2 International Inbound Mail Entry at Domestic Offshore Locations
Incoming mail from foreign mail consolidators or foreign posts must be entered through one of the five international service centers located in the 48 contiguous states. Mailers must arrange exceptions in advance for entry anywhere else, including into domestic offshore locations, through contracts or bilateral agreements with the Postal Service.
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Although effective December 7, 2017, we will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 12-7-17
