Effective November 5, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Kiribati in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Kiribati is introducing a new postcode system.
This revision is based on a formal request that Kiribati Post (the designated operator of Kiribati) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 137, dated September 28, 2020.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Kiribati
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
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2. As of September 30, 2020, each item mailed to Kiribati must include the appropriate postcode. Information on Kiribati postcodes is available from the Ministry of Information, Communication, Transport and Tourism Development website at micttd.gov.ki/postal/kiribati-new-post-codes.
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Although effective November 5, 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, 11-5-20
