Effective November 2, 2023, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Mexico in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect an additional prohibition.
This revision is based on a formal request that the Servicio Postal Mexicano (the designated postal operator of Mexico) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 170, dated October 2, 2023.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Mexico
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Add a new entry in alphabetical order to read as follows:]
Heated tobacco products (conventional and herbal) and similar products.
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Although effective November 2, 2023, the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into a later edition of the online IMM (after the one scheduled for November 6, 2023). The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 11-2-23
