Effective November 17, 2022, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Australia in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to add a prohibition related to drugs and to revise the prohibition related to tobacco.
These revisions are based on a formal request that Australia Post (the designated operator of Australia) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 149, dated September 19, 2022.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Australia
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Add an entry in alphabetical order to read as follows:]
Drugs. Additional information is available at abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/prohibited-goods/list-of-items.
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[Revise the entry beginning with “Tobacco products...” by adding to the Note a second sentence to read as follows:]
Additional information is available at abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/prohibited-goods/list-of-items.
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Although effective November 17, 2022, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 11-17-22
