Effective February 22, 2024, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Belgium in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that the prohibition of arms and weapons also includes parts and accessories thereof and ammunition.
This revision is based on a formal request that bpost (the designated operator of Belgium) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 16, dated January 22, 2024.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Belgium
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Revise the first entry to read as follows:]
Arms and weapons, including parts and accessories thereof. Such items include both prohibited and controlled arms (subject to a license), over-the-counter weapons and their accessories, and ammunition. The relevant Harmonized System (HS) code range is 930100 to 930700. The designated postal operator of Belgium (bpost) will consider a postal item containing such items as wrongly admitted and will treat them in accordance with Belgium’s national legislation.
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Although effective February 22, 2024, 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,
Product Solutions, 2-22-24
