IMM Revision: Indemnity Limit for International Registered Mail Service

Effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service™ will revise the following sections in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect the annual change to the indemnity limit for international Registered Mail™ items:

n Section 333.2.

n Section 934.2.

n The Individual Country Listing for each country that offers Registered Mail service.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)

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3 Extra Services

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330 Registered Mail

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333 Fees and Indemnity Limits

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333.2 Indemnity Limit

[Revise the text to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $40.87:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $40.87.

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9 Inquiries, Indemnities, and Refunds

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930 Indemnity Payments

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934 Payments for Registered Mail

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934.2 Special Provisions

[Revise the text to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $40.87:]

Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $40.87.

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Individual Country Listings

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Extra Services

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Registered Mail (330)

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[For every country that offers Registered Mail service in the “Extra Services” section, revise the maximum indemnity limit to $40.87, to read as follows:]

Maximum Indemnity: $40.87

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Although effective January 1, 2023, 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.