Effective July 18, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising the International Country Listing for Australia in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Australia Post is adding a new prohibition on tobacco products.
This revision is based on a formal request made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 101, dated June 17, 2019.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Australia
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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Tobacco products, including cigarettes and loose-leaf tobacco. Exception: Cigars. Note: Although Australia also permits chewing tobacco and oral snuff in amounts up to 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg), the U.S. Postal Service does not permit these types of smokeless tobacco in international mail — see 136.4.
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Although effective on July 18, 2019, 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, 7-18-19
