Effective September 29, 2024, the Postal Service™ will revise various sections of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to remove the “known mailer” definition and exceptions for customs declarations.
As noted in the article titled “Known Mailer and Exceptions” published on June 18, 2024, in the notice of final rulemaking in the Federal Register (89 FR 51446), these revisions align with current customs policies.
Corresponding changes to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) are provided in the article titled “DMM Revision: Customs Declaration Exceptions” here.
Although effective September 29, 2024, these revisions will not appear in the online IMM until the edition expected to be published on November 4, 2024.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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1 International Mail Services
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120 Preparation for Mailing
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123 Customs Forms and Online Shipping Labels
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123.6 Required Usage
123.61 Conditions
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[Revise item a. to read as follows:]
a. Mailers may use the hard copy PS Form 2976-R and present it at a USPS retail service counter, or use an electronic PS Form 2976, PS Form 2976-A, or PS Form 2976-B as described in Exhibit 123.61.
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Exhibit 123.61
Customs Declaration Form Usage by Mail Category
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[In the section “First-Class Package International Service Packages (Small Packets), as well as IPA Packages (Small Packets) and ISAL Packages (Small Packets),” remove the second row (beginning with “All package-size items…”) in its entirety, and throughout Exhibit 123.61, revise all references of 123.63 to 123.62.]
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[Remove section 123.62, “Known Mailers,” in its entirety, renumbering current sections 123.63 and 123.64 to be 123.62 and 123.63, respectively.]
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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270 Free Matter for the Blind
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272 Eligibility
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272.4 Customs Form Required
[Revise the text to read as follows (removing the second sentence):]
When required (see Exhibit 123.61), the mailer must affix a fully completed electronically generated PS Form 2976 or 2976-A to each item.
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Although effective September 29, 2024, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM (the one expected to be published on November 4, 2024). The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 7-11-24
