Effective June 7, 2018, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect a change to the Individual Country Listing for Turkey.
As a result of a formal notification made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 58, dated May 7, 2018, Turkey is providing a new observation about customs duty exemption limits.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Turkey
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
[Add new Observation 5 to read as follows:]
5. The customs duty exemption limit for the value of postal items containing books or other printed publications for personal use is 150 EUR; the customs duty exemption limit for postal items containing goods/commodities has been reduced from 30 EUR to 22 EUR as of April 26, 2018.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 6-7-18
