Effective May 29, 2025, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Maldives in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to add an observation about including the addressee’s phone number on the customs declaration form or address label when mailing items containing goods and for Priority Mail Express International items sent to Maldives.
This revision is based on a formal request that Maldives Post (the designated postal operator of Maldives) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circulars 93, dated May 27, 2019, and 96, dated June 3, 2019.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Maldives
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
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[Add an entry to read as follows (replacing “None”):]
On each Priority Mail Express International item and each item containing goods, Maldives Post (the designated postal operator of Maldives) requests that the mailer provide the addressee’s phone number (if possible) on the customs declaration form or address label.
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Although effective May 29, 2025, 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, 5-29-25
