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69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
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5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.
69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM) is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(1) Subscriptions. Subscriptions to the IMM can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9375.
(2) Inspection—USPS.
(i) Copies of the IMM, both current and previous issues, are available during regular business hours for reference and public inspection at the U.S. Postal Service Library, National Headquarters in Washington, DC. For access contact 202-268-2906.
(ii) Copies of only the current issue are available during regular business hours for public inspection at area and district offices of the Postal Service and at all post offices, classified stations, and classified branches. The IMM is available for examination on the internet at https://pe.usps.gov.
(3) Inspection—NARA. You may view this material at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov.
(b) The Director of the Federal Register approved the IMM, issued April 7, 2025, for incorporation by reference as of May 23, 2025.
[87 FR 63424, Oct. 19, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 15474, Mar. 4, 2024;90 FR 22012, May 23, 2025]
The provisions of the International Mail Manual, issued April 7, 2025, (incorporated by reference, see § 20.1) are applicable with respect to the international mail services of the Postal Service.
[90 FR 22012, May 23, 2025]
(a) The current issue of the IMM is incorporated by reference, see § 20.1.
(b) New issues of the International Mail Manual will be incorporated by reference into this part and will be available at https://pe.usps.gov. The text of amendments to the International Mail Manual will be published in the Federal Register and will be available in the Postal Bulletin, copies of which may be accessed at https://usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm. Successive issues of the IMM are listed in Table 1 to this section.
| International Mail
Manual |
Date of issuance |
|---|---|
| Issue 1 | November 13, 1981. |
| Issue 2 | March 1, 1983. |
| Issue 3 | July 4, 1985. |
| Issue 4 | September 18, 1986. |
| Issue 5 | April 21, 1988. |
| Issue 6 | October 5, 1988. |
| Issue 7 | July 20, 1989. |
| Issue 8 | June 28, 1990. |
| Issue 9 | February 3, 1991. |
| Issue 10 | June 25, 1992. |
| Issue 11 | December 24, 1992. |
| Issue 12 | July 8, 1993. |
| Issue 13 | February 3, 1994. |
| Issue 14 | August 4, 1994. |
| Issue 15 | July 9, 1995. |
| Issue 16 | January 4, 1996. |
| Issue 17 | September 12, 1996. |
| Issue 18 | June 9, 1997. |
| Issue 19 | October 9, 1997. |
| Issue 20 | July 2, 1998. |
| Issue 21 | May 3, 1999. |
| Issue 22 | January 1, 2000. |
| Issue 23 | July 1, 2000. |
| Issue 24 | January 1, 2001. |
| Issue 25 | July 1, 2001. |
| Issue 26 | January 1, 2002. |
| Issue 27 | June 30, 2002. |
| Issue 28 | January 1, 2003. |
| Issue 29 | July 1, 2003. |
| Issue 30 | August 1, 2004. |
| Issue 31 | May 31, 2005. |
| Issue 35 | May 12, 2008. |
| Issue 36 | May 11, 2009. |
| IMM | April 17, 2011. |
| IMM | June 24, 2012. |
| IMM | January 26, 2015. |
| IMM | July 11, 2016. |
| IMM | January 22, 2017. |
| IMM | March 5, 2018. |
| IMM | March 4, 2019. |
| IMM | July 1, 2020. |
| IMM | July 10, 2022. |
| IMM | January 21, 2024. |
| IMM | April 7, 2025. |
[85 FR 61608, Sept. 30, 2020, as amended at 87 FR 63425, Oct. 19, 2022; 89 FR 15474, Mar. 4, 2024; 90 FR 22012, May 23, 2025]