Effective April 23, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Kazakhstan in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Kazakhstan is implementing new limits on the duty-free import of goods addressed to a private individual.
This revision is based on a formal request that Kazpost (the designated operator of Kazakhstan) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 43 dated March 16, 2020.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Kazakhstan
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
[Revise the text of the first entry to read as follows:]
1. As of January 1, 2020, for a postal item destined to a private individual, the total duty-free value limit and weight import limit are 200 EUR and 31 kg (68 pounds), respectively. Customs duties apply as follows: the greater fee of either 15 percent of the amount exceeding 200 EUR, or at least 2 EUR per kg of the total weight of the postal item.
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Although effective April 23, 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, 4-23-20
