Effective April 9, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the International Country Listing for Moldova in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Moldova is reducing the maximum value for customs duty exemption for items containing goods.
This revision is based on a formal request that Posta Moldovei (the designated operator of Moldova) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 36, dated March 9, 2020.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Moldova
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
[Revise item 1 to read as follows:]
1. As of January 1, 2020, Moldova applies customs duty to any item containing goods with a value exceeding the following:
n Business to business (B2B): 100 EUR.
n Business to consumer (B2C): 200 EUR.
n Consumer to business (C2B): 100 EUR.
n Consumer to consumer (C2C):
n 430 EUR for items sent by airmail.
n 300 EUR for items sent by surface mail.
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Although effective April 9, 2020, 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, 4-9-20
