Effective August 1, 2019, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect changes to the foreign office of exchange codes for closed dispatches, which affect International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) and International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) services. These revisions affect the entries for Netherlands and Canada.
Netherlands
The revisions to Netherlands appear in Exhibit 292.45a and Exhibit 293.45a. These revisions are based on a formal request that PostNL made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 94, dated June 3, 2019. This request noted that the change was effective July 1, 2019, but through this Postal Bulletin article, the Postal Service is providing 90 days’ advance notice that mailers must begin using the code by October 29, 2019. However, the Postal Service encourages mailers to immediately implement these changes in order to expedite delivery.
Canada
The revisions to Canada appear in Exhibit 292.45b and Exhibit 293.45b. Although the information in the online IMM is correct (i.e., the foreign office of exchange code for both IPA and ISAL flat-size items is “YTO”), the text includes an optional code whose effective date has past, so the Postal Service is removing the outdated information.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.45 IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 292.45a
IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Netherlands to read as follows:]
Exhibit 292.45b
Canadian Mail Container Labeling Information (Full-service Only)
[Revise the last column of the third row to read as follows (switching the order of package-size items and flat-size items to list flat-size first, and removing the parenthetical text and “or TOR” with flat-size items):]
ZIP Code of Entry Post Office*
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Canadian Destination
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U.S. Exchange
Office Code
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U.S. Exchange
Office (or ISC)
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Foreign Office of Exchange Code
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430–469, 472–475, 478–516, 520–528, 530–532, 534–535, 537–551, 553–567, 570–577, 580–588, 600–620, 622–631, 633–641, 644–658, 660–662, 664–681, 683–693, 700–701, 703–708, 710–714, 716–722, 724–731, 733–741, 743–816, 822–831, 840–847, 870–875, 877–885, 893, 897–898
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TORONTO ON FWD
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60290
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ORD
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For IPA letter-size: TOR.
For IPA flat-size: YTO.
For IPA package-size: YTO.
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293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service
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293.4 Mail Preparation
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293.45 ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 293.45a
ISAL Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Netherlands to read as follows:]
Exhibit 293.45b
Canadian Mail Container Labeling Information (Full-service Only)
[Revise the last column of the third row to read as follows (switching the order of package-size items and flat-size items to list flat-size first, and removing the parenthetical text and “or TOR” with flat-size items):]
ZIP Code of Entry Post Office*
|
Canadian Destination
|
U.S. Exchange
Office Code
|
U.S. Exchange
Office (or ISC)
|
Foreign Office of Exchange Code
|
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430–469, 472–475, 478–516, 520–528, 530–532, 534–535, 537–551, 553–567, 570–577, 580–588, 600–620, 622–631, 633–641, 644–658, 660–662, 664–681, 683–693, 700–701, 703–708, 710–714, 716–722, 724–731, 733–741, 743–816, 822–831, 840–847, 870–875, 877–885, 893, 897–898
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TORONTO ON FWD
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60290
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ORD
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For ISAL letter-size: TOR.
For ISAL flat-size: YTO.
For ISAL package-size: YTO.
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Although effective August 1, 2019, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing, 8-1-19
