IMM Revision: Indemnity Limits for International Registered Mail Service

Effective January 1, 2020, the Postal Service™ will revise the following sections in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect the annual change to the indemnity limits for international Registered Mail™ items:

n Section 333.2.

n Section 934.2.

n The Individual Country Listing for each country that offers Registered Mail service.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)

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3 Extra Services

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330 Registered Mail

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333 Fees and Indemnity Limits

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333.2 Indemnity Limit

[Revise 333.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $41.54:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $41.54.

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9 Inquiries, Indemnities, and Refunds

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930 Indemnity Payments

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934 Payments for Registered Mail

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934.2 Special Provisions

[Revise 934.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $41.54:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $41.54.

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Individual Country Listings

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Extra Services

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Registered Mail (330)

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[For every country that offers Registered Mail service in the “Extra Services” section, revise the maximum indemnity limit to $41.54, to read as follows:]

Maximum Indemnity: $41.54

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Although effective January 1, 2020, 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.