322 Priority Mail Express International Insurance

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322 Priority Mail Express International Insurance

322.1 Description

Priority Mail Express International shipments containing merchandise are insured against loss, damage, or missing contents up to $200 at no additional charge. Priority Mail Express International shipments containing only nonnegotiable documents are insured against loss, damage, or missing contents up to $100 at no additional charge. Indemnity is paid by the U.S. Postal Service as provided in 935 and in DMM 503 and 609.

322.2 Availability

Insurance availability varies by country, content, and value. See Exhibit 322.2 for availability and insurance limits.

Exhibit 322.2

Priority Mail Express International and Priority Mail International Merchandise Insurance Limits (in U.S. Dollars)

Country	PMEI	PMI
Afghanistan	n/a	n/a
Albania	5,000	n/a
Algeria	5,000	n/a
Andorra	5,000	5,000
Angola	5,000	n/a
Anguilla	5,000	415
Antigua and Barbuda	n/a	60
Argentina	5,000	5,000
Armenia	5,000	875
Aruba	5,000	830
Ascension	n/a	n/a
Australia	5,000	3,644
Austria	5,000	5,000
Azerbaijan	5,000	2,915
Bahamas	5,000	1,458 to Nassau or Freeport; 560 to other locations
Bahrain	5,000	n/a
Bangladesh	5,000	5,000
Barbados	5,000	238
Belarus	5,000	1,312
Belgium	650	650
Belize	5,000	1,600
Benin	5,000	n/a
Bermuda	5,000	440
Bhutan	5,000	22
Bolivia	5,000	n/a
Bosnia-Herzegovina	5,000	5,000
Botswana	5,000	73
Brazil	5,000	2,915
British Virgin Islands	n/a	500
Brunei Darussalam	5,000	n/a
Bulgaria	5,000	1,115
Burkina Faso	5,000	969
Burma (Myanmar)	5,000	n/a
Burundi	5,000	5,000
Cambodia	5,000	n/a
Cameroon	5,000	n/a
Canada	5,000	675
Cape Verde	5,000	n/a
Cayman Islands	5,000	n/a
Central African Republic	5,000	n/a
Chad	5,000	185
Chile	5,000	n/a
China	5,000	1,222
Colombia	5,000	999
Comoros	n/a	690
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5,000	n/a
Congo, Republic of the	5,000	1,685
Costa Rica	5,000	n/a
Cote d’Ivoire	5,000	5,000
Croatia	5,000	5,000
Cuba	n/a	n/a
Curacao (includes Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius)	5,000	5,000
Cyprus	5,000	5,000
Czech Republic	5,000	5,000
Denmark	650	650
Djibouti	5,000	880
Dominica	5,000	n/a
Dominican Republic	5,000	n/a
Ecuador	5,000	n/a
Egypt	5,000	1,685
El Salvador	5,000	n/a
Equatorial Guinea	n/a	n/a
Eritrea	5,000	n/a
Estonia	5,000	2,187
Ethiopia	5,000	n/a
Falkland Islands	n/a	n/a
Faroe Islands	5,000	5,000
Fiji	5,000	n/a
Finland	650	650
France	650	650
French Guiana	5,000	5,000
French Polynesia	5,000	4,519
Gabon	5,000	523
Gambia	n/a	n/a
Georgia, Republic of	5,000	1,458
Germany	500	500
Ghana	5,000	n/a
Gibraltar	n/a	n/a
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	650	n/a
Greece	650	650
Greenland	n/a	5,000
Grenada	5,000	350
Guadeloupe	5,000	5,000
Guatemala	n/a	n/a
Guinea	5,000	948
Guinea–Bissau	5,000	2,915
Guyana	5,000	10
Haiti	5,000	n/a
Honduras	n/a	n/a
Hong Kong	5,000	5,000
Hungary	5,000	5,000
Iceland	650	650
India	5,000	2,189
Indonesia	5,000	n/a
Iran	n/a	n/a
Iraq	5,000	n/a
Ireland	650	650
Israel	5,000	n/a
Italy	650	650
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire)	5,000	5,000
Jamaica	5,000	n/a
Japan	5,000	5,000
Jordan	n/a	n/a
Kazakhstan	5,000	5,000
Kenya	5,000	131
Kiribati	5,000	n/a
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea)	n/a	n/a
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	5,000	5,000
Kosovo, Republic of	n/a	n/a
Kuwait	5,000	2,000
Kyrgyzstan	5,000	5,000
Laos	5,000	n/a
Latvia	5,000	1,458
Lebanon	5,000	n/a
Lesotho	5,000	440
Liberia	5,000	440
Libya	n/a	n/a
Liechtenstein	5,000	5,000
Lithuania	5,000	5,000
Luxembourg	650	650
Macao	5,000	4,227
Macedonia, Republic of	5,000	2,380
Madagascar	5,000	199
Malawi	n/a	n/a
Malaysia	5,000	1,429
Maldives	5,000	n/a
Mali	5,000	n/a
Malta	5,000	n/a
Martinique	5,000	5,000
Mauritania	5,000	635
Mauritius	5,000	165
Mexico	5,000	n/a
Moldova	5,000	2,915
Mongolia	5,000	n/a
Montenegro	n/a	5,000
Montserrat	n/a	2,200
Morocco	5,000	5,000
Mozambique	5,000	n/a
Namibia	5,000	4,405
Nauru	5,000	220
Nepal	5,000	n/a
Netherlands	650	650
New Caledonia	5,000	1,775
New Zealand	5,000	1,025
Nicaragua	5,000	n/a
Niger	5,000	n/a
Nigeria	5,000	n/a
Norway	650	650
Oman	5,000	575
Pakistan	5,000	867
Panama	5,000	n/a
Papua New Guinea	5,000	445
Paraguay	5,000	n/a
Peru	5,000	n/a
Philippines	5,000	n/a
Pitcairn Island	n/a	n/a
Poland	5,000	5,000
Portugal	650	650
Qatar	5,000	n/a
Reunion	n/a	5,000
Romania	5,000	5,000
Russia	5,000	5,000
Rwanda	5,000	n/a
Saint Helena	n/a	170
Saint Kitts and Nevis	5,000	242
Saint Lucia	5,000	n/a
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	n/a	5,000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5,000	130
Samoa	n/a	295
San Marino	5,000	5,000
Sao Tome and Principe	5,000	440
Saudi Arabia	5,000	n/a
Senegal	5,000	936
Serbia, Republic of	5,000	5,000
Seychelles	5,000	n/a
Sierra Leone	5,000	n/a
Singapore	5,000	3,000
Sint Maarten	5,000	5,000
Slovak Republic (Slovakia)	650	650
Slovenia	650	650
Solomon Islands	5,000	n/a
Somalia	n/a	n/a
South Africa	5,000	n/a
Spain	650	650
Sri Lanka	5,000	35
Sudan	n/a	n/a
Suriname	n/a	535
Swaziland	5,000	560
Sweden	650	650
Switzerland	650	650
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)	5,000	n/a
Taiwan	5,000	1,350
Tajikistan	5,000	5,000
Tanzania	5,000	248
Thailand	5,000	1,458
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of	n/a	n/a
Togo	5,000	n/a
Tonga	5,000	515
Trinidad and Tobago	5,000	n/a
Tristan da Cunha	n/a	n/a
Tunisia	5,000	3,834
Turkey	5,000	952
Turkmenistan	5,000	729
Turks and Caicos Islands	650	n/a
Tuvalu	n/a	675
Uganda	5,000	n/a
Ukraine	5,000	5,000
United Arab Emirates	5,000	5,000
United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	650	n/a
Uruguay	5,000	n/a
Uzbekistan	5,000	5,000
Vanuatu	n/a	n/a
Vatican City	5,000	2,380
Venezuela	n/a	n/a
Vietnam	5,000	n/a
Wallis and Futuna Islands	n/a	1,615
Yemen	5,000	820
Zambia	5,000	n/a
Zimbabwe	5,000	n/a

322.3 Additional Coverage and Fees

Additional merchandise insurance coverage above $200 — up to the maximum amount allowed by the country (see Exhibit 322.2) but never to exceed $5,000 — may be purchased at the sender’s option. The insurance fee is in addition to postage and other applicable fees. See Notice 123, Price List, for the fee schedule for optional Priority Mail Express International merchandise insurance coverage.

322.4 Return Receipt Service

Return receipt service is the only extra service that mailers may add to insured items. There is no additional charge for this service, and it is available only to certain countries. See the Individual Country Listings for availability. See 340 for additional information about return receipt service.

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