Effective April 5, 2016, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), Exhibit 292.45a, to reflect current information for Japan.
Periodically, the Postal Service receives requests from foreign posts to facilitate operational needs. Japan requested that we update as soon as possible the foreign office of exchange code for International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) service items sent to Japan. In order to provide mailers the time needed to make necessary logistical and software changes, we are not requiring this revision from mailers until April 5, 2016. Nonetheless, in order to expedite delivery, the Postal Service encourages mailers to implement this revision immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.45 IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
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Exhibit 292.45a IPA Foreign Office of Exchange Codes and Price Groups
[Revise the entry for Japan to read as follows:]
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When effective, we will incorporate this revision into the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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