Effective April 25, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for New Zealand in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that, as of March 21, 2019, New Zealand is prohibiting firearms and firearm parts.
These revisions are based on a formal request that New Zealand Post made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 54, dated March 25, 2019.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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New Zealand
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
[Add a new entry in alphabetical order to read as follows:]
Firearms; and parts thereof.
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Restrictions
[Remove the following entry:]
Firearms require the addressee has police permission.
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Although effective on April 25, 2019, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM (following the May 6, 2019, edition). The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 4-25-19
