List of Nations That Have Ended M-bag Service in 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Customers are being advised of upcoming changes to Airmail M-bag, International Priority Airmail (IPA) M-bag and International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) M-bag services resulting from revisions to Universal Postal Union (UPU) regulations which are effective in 2025.

M-bags are defined as direct sacks of printed matter sent to a single foreign addressee at a single address.

The revised UPU regulations will allow countries to stop accepting M-bags from other countries as of January 2025 and the USPS will discontinue M-bag service to the countries which choose to do so.

Thus far, the following countries have announced their decision to stop accepting M-bags.Airmail M-bag, IPA M-bag and ISAL M-bag services will be discontinued to these countries effective January 1, 2025:

•Austria
•Belgium
•Bhutan
•Canada
•Croatia
•Czechia
•Denmark
•Finland
•France
•French Polynesia
•Georgia
•Germany
•Gibraltar
•Hungary
•Japan
•Lesotho
•Libya
•Liechtenstein
•Malta
•Mauritius
•Myanmar
•Nicaragua
•Russian Federation
•Slovenia
•Suriname
•Sweden
•Vietnam
•Thailand
•Vanuatu

A number of other countries are expected to announce their decision to stop accepting M-bags in the coming months. Updates will be posted here.

In addition to the discontinuance of Airmail M-bag, IPA M-bag and ISAL M-bag services to some countries, certain articles other than printed matter which are currently admissible in Airmail M-bag, IPA M-bag and ISAL M-bag services under specific conditionsas referenced in IMM 261.22 will not be admissible in these services to any countries, effective January 1, 2025.

These certain other articles are limited to discs, tapes, and cassettes; commercial samples shipped by manufacturers and distributors; or other non-dutiable commercial articles or informational materials that are not subject to resale.