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242 Postage

242.1 Price Groups

See the Individual Country Listings for First-Class Mail International postage prices that are applicable to specific destination countries and territorial possessions. The country-specific price group designations that apply to First-Class Mail International are shown in Exhibit 242.1.

Exhibit 242.1 

First-Class Mail International Price Groups

 

Country

Price Group

Afghanistan

6

Albania

4

Algeria

8

Andorra

5

Angola

7

Anguilla

9

Antigua and Barbuda

9

Argentina

9

Armenia

4

Aruba

9

Ascension

7

Australia

3

Austria

5

Azerbaijan

4

Bahamas

9

Bahrain

8

Bangladesh

6

Barbados

9

Belarus

4

Belgium

5

Belize

9

Benin

7

Bermuda

9

Bhutan

6

Bolivia

9

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4

Botswana

7

Brazil

9

British Virgin Islands

9

Brunei Darussalam

6

Bulgaria

4

Burkina Faso

7

Burma

6

Burundi

7

Cambodia

6

Cameroon

7

Canada

1

Cape Verde

7

Cayman Islands

9

Central African Republic

7

Chad

7

Chile

9

China

3

Colombia

9

Comoros

7

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

7

Congo, Republic of the

7

Costa Rica

9

Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

7

Croatia

4

Cuba

9

Cyprus

4

Czech Republic

4

Denmark

5

Djibouti

7

Dominica

9

Dominican Republic

9

Ecuador

9

Egypt

8

El Salvador

9

Equatorial Guinea

7

Eritrea

7

Estonia

4

Ethiopia

8

Falkland Islands

9

Faroe Islands

5

Fiji

6

Finland

5

France

5

French Guiana

9

French Polynesia

6

Gabon

7

Gambia

7

Georgia, Republic of

4

Germany

5

Ghana

7

Gibraltar

5

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5

Greece

5

Greenland

5

Grenada

9

Guadeloupe

9

Guatemala

9

Guinea

7

Guinea-Bissau

7

Guyana

9

Haiti

9

Honduras

9

Hong Kong

3

Hungary

4

Iceland

5

India

6

Indonesia

6

Iran

8

Iraq

8

Ireland

5

Israel

8

Italy

5

Jamaica

9

Japan

3

Jordan

8

Kazakhstan

6

Kenya

7

Kiribati

6

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic
of (North Korea)

6

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

3

Kuwait

8

Kyrgyzstan

6

Laos

6

Latvia

4

Lebanon

8

Lesotho

7

Liberia

7

Libya

8

Liechtenstein

5

Lithuania

4

Luxembourg

5

Macao

6

Macedonia, Republic of

4

Madagascar

7

Malawi

7

Malaysia

6

Maldives

6

Mali

7

Malta

5

Martinique

9

Mauritania

7

Mauritius

7

Mexico

2

Moldova

4

Mongolia

6

Montenegro

5

Montserrat

9

Morocco

8

Mozambique

7

Namibia

7

Nauru

6

Nepal

6

Netherlands

5

Netherlands Antilles

9

New Caledonia

6

New Zealand

6

Nicaragua

9

Niger

7

Nigeria

7

Norway

5

Oman

8

Pakistan

6

Panama

9

Papua New Guinea

6

Paraguay

9

Peru

9

Philippines

6

Pitcairn Island

6

Poland

4

Portugal

5

Qatar

8

Reunion

9

Romania

4

Russia

4

Rwanda

7

Saint Christopher and Nevis

9

Saint Helena

7

Saint Lucia

9

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

9

San Marino

5

Sao Tome and Principe

7

Saudi Arabia

8

Senegal

7

Serbia, Republic of

5

Seychelles

7

Sierra Leone

7

Singapore

6

Slovak Republic

5

Slovenia

5

Solomon Islands

6

Somalia

n/a*

South Africa

7

Spain

5

Sri Lanka

6

Sudan

7

Suriname

9

Swaziland

7

Sweden

5

Switzerland

5

Syrian Arab Republic

8

Taiwan

6

Tajikistan

6

Tanzania

7

Thailand

6

Togo

7

Tonga

6

Trinidad and Tobago

9

Tristan da Cunha

7

Tunisia

8

Turkey

4

Turkmenistan

6

Turks and Caicos Islands

9

Tuvalu

6

Uganda

7

Ukraine

4

United Arab Emirates

8

Uruguay

9

Uzbekistan

6

Vanuatu

6

Vatican City

5

Venezuela

9

Vietnam

6

Wallis and Futuna Islands

6

Western Samoa

6

Yemen

8

Zambia

7

Zimbabwe

7

*n/a = First-Class Mail International is not available.

242.2 Price Computation

First-Class Mail International prices are charged per ounce or fraction thereof; any fraction of an ounce is rounded up to the next whole ounce. For example, if a piece weighs 1.2 ounces, the weight (postage) increment is 2 ounces. The minimum postage per addressed piece, except postcards, is that for a piece weighing 1 ounce.

242.3 Payment of Postage

A mailer of a First-Class Mail International item may pay postage with postage stamps, postage meter, postage validation imprinter (PVI) label, PC Postage, or permit imprint.




ARCHIVED IMM - MAY 11, 2009
ARCHIVED IMM - MAY 11, 2009