Effective July 16, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the International Country Listing for Ghana in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Ghana is implementing several new prohibitions and is adding an observation about including the addressee’s contact information when mailing with various services.
These additions are based on formal requests that Ghana Post Company (the designated operator of Ghana) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circulars 208 and 210, dated December 16, 2019.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Ghana
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
[Revise the list to read as follows (revising the entry beginning with “Currency” and adding several new entries):]
Arms and ammunition.
Currency: banknotes, treasury notes, currency notes, coins, and other valuable articles.
Fish and meat products that are not properly processed.
Liquids that are not properly packaged.
Live animals.
Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as defined by the International Narcotics Control Board.
Offensive weapons.
Perishable infectious biological substances.
Perishable noninfectious biological substances.
Pornographic materials.
Radioactive materials.
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Observations
[Replace “None” with an entry to read as follows:]
Display the addressee’s landline and mobile telephone numbers, and digital address and email address, if available, on the address label or customs form of each item sent with any of the following services: Registered Mail, First-Class Package International Service, Priority Mail International, or Priority Mail Express International.
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Although effective July 16, 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.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 7-16-20
