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236 Weight and Size Limits

236.1 Weight Limits

  1. Flat-rate envelope: 4 lbs.
  2. Flat-rate box: 20 lbs.
  3. Parcels: See Individual Country Listings.

236.2 Size Limits

236.21 Rectangular Parcels
  1. Minimum length and width: 5-1/2 inches x 3-1/2 inches.
  2. Maximum length: 42 inches.
  3. Maximum length and girth combined: 79 inches.
236.22 Circular Parcels

Maximum girth (measured along diameter): 64 inches.

236.23 Exceptional Size Limits

The maximum size limit for rectangular-shaped parcels of 42 inches in maximum length and 79 inches in maximum length and girth combined applies to all countries except as follows:

  1. Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches.
  2. Canada

    Hong Kong

  3. Maximum length: 60 inches
  4. Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches.

    Andorra

    Luxembourg

    Austria

    Macao

    Azerbaijan

    Malta

    Belgium

    Netherlands

    Denmark

    New Zealand

    Finland

    Norway

    France

    Poland

    Germany

    Portugal

    Gibraltar

    San Marino

    Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

    Greece

    Spain

    Ireland

    Sweden

    Italy

    Switzerland

    Japan

    Vatican City

    Liechtenstein

     




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