Summary of Changes

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,
International Mail Manual

Issued March 4, 2019

This Summary of Changes to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM^®) includes revisions that have become effective during the previous 12 calendar months.

In chapters 1–9 and in “Country Price Groups and Weight Limits” of this online version of the IMM, change bars (vertical lines in the margin) indicate that Postal Bulletin updates have been incorporated in the adjacent text (note that the change bars appear only in the PDF version, and only for revisions that have become effective in the current calendar year, not for all the previous 12 months). However, in the individual country listings (ICLs) of this online IMM, change bars do not appear even though Postal Bulletin updates have been incorporated in the ICL text.

• Effective March 31, 2018, as noted in PB issue 22487, the following sections are revised to remove references to the USPS meter label solution application, which the Postal Service is shutting down on March 31, 2018:

 

• Effective January 27, 2019, as noted in PB issue 22509, the following sections are revised to correct the official name of “Great Britain and Northern Ireland” to “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” (or “United Kingdom” as the short name and “UK” as the relevant abbreviation):

 

• Effective January 27, 2019, as noted in PB issue 22509, the following sections are revised to correct the official name of “Swaziland” to “Eswatini”: