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January 16, 2015

IMpb Compliance Thresholds Effective January 25, 2015

In the Federal Register notice final rule, New Standards to Enhance Package Visibility (78CFR, 76548-76560), dated December 18, 2013, the Postal Service™ announced the threshold requirements for mailers to comply with Intelligent Mail^® package barcodes (IMpb). This notice is a reminder that the new IMpb thresholds and the meter compliance requirements are effective January 25, 2015. See the entire notice on the Federal Register site at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-12-18/html/2013-30023.htm.

The table below shows the thresholds and the respective dates for implementation.

IMpb Compliance Thresholds	September 7, 2014	January 25, 2015
Unique trackable barcode (legacy or IMpb)	99%	99%* *IMpb only by January 25, 2015
Destination Delivery Address/11-Digit Delivery Point Validation (DPV^®) ZIP Code^®/ZIP + 4^® in file	95%	98% Street address/11-Digit DPV code by January 25, 2015
Shipping Services File (SSF) v 1.6 or higher (v 1.3, v 1.5 permitted)	95%	97%* *SSF v 1.6 or higher ONLY by January 25, 2015

IMpb Compliance Thresholds

September 7, 2014

January 25, 2015

Unique trackable barcode (legacy or IMpb)

99%

99%*

*IMpb only by January 25, 2015

Destination Delivery Address/11-Digit Delivery Point Validation (DPV^®) ZIP Code^®/ZIP + 4^® in file

95%

98%**

**Street address/11-Digit DPV code by January 25, 2015

Shipping Services File (SSF) v 1.6 or higher (v 1.3, v 1.5 permitted)

95%

97%***

***SSF v 1.6 or higher ONLY by January 25, 2015