Effective March 14, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Kazakhstan in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Kazakhstan is implementing new limits on the duty-free import of goods addressed to a private individual.
This revision is based on a formal request that Kazpost made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 186, dated December 10, 2018.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Kazakhstan
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
[Revise the text of the first entry to read as follows:]
1. As of January 1, 2019, for postal items arriving to a private individual within a calendar month, the total duty-free value and weight import limits are 500 EUR and 31 kg (68 pounds), respectively. Customs duties apply as follows: to the amount exceeding 500 EUR, at a rate of 30 percent; and to the weight exceeding 31 kg, at a minimum rate of 4 EUR per kg.
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Although effective on March 14, 2019, the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online IMM. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 3-14-19
