Effective January 1, 2024, 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 $39.86:]
Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $39.86.
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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 $39.86:]
Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $39.86.
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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 $39.86, to read as follows:]
Maximum Indemnity: $39.86
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Although effective January 1, 2024, 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,
Product Solutions, 12-28-23
