International Mail – Official Mail Guide (OMG)

CORRECTION: Joe Murphy: 30 Nations Support U.S. Proposal For Self Declared Inbound Rates

This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]

Get Ready for Higher International Postage and Service Disruptions

by Merry Law President of WorldVu LLC “If the U.S. were to withdraw from the UPU, it would lose access to global processing and coding systems that make international mail [...]

PRC International Mail Rate Discussion

Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the U.S. Postal Service, will host an off-the-record technical conference on Friday, February 15, [...]

US Will Set International Rates With or Without UPU

In an interview with Bloomberg Government, White House Trade Director Peter Navarro said the U.S. will set its own international rates with or without the UPU if necessary [...]

USA Ultimatum To UPU: Fix Terminal Dues Or We’re Out

This story is developing: WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU [...]

Senate Approves STOP Law; Forces USPS To Track International Mail

The Senate voted 99-1 to approve the STOP law, which forces the USPS to track international mail. The vote follows House approval and will go to the President’s desk [...]

How China Cheats The USPS On Shipping Costs

From The Federalist: Thanks to convoluted international postage regulations, it is cheaper for Chinese businesses to ship goods to American consumers than for American [...]

President Trump Orders Changes To International Mail … End Foreign Mail Subsidy …

President Trump ordered U.S. officials to seek changes to the international mail system’s terminal dues and policies. The August 23, 2018 executive order seeks to [...]

STOP Law Forces USPS To Track International Mail

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved H.R. 5788, Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, by a vote of 353-52. The law [...]

New International Mail Rules Go Into Effect January 21, 2018; Prohibition Of Merchandise In First-Class Mail

The USPS published its final rule on International Mail changes that will take effect January 21, 2018. The biggest change will be that First-Class International Mail and and [...]

Unchecked Mail Brings Fentanyl Into USA

From the Herald-Dispatch: In the fentanyl trade, big things come in small packages. Small enough, as is often the case, to fit in an envelope, shipped and received through [...]

International Mail Terminal Dues Report By GAO Released

The Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a public version of its August 2017 report on International Mail and Terminal Dues. Information on international revenues, [...]

USPS International Mailers Face Radical Changes In 2018 (Plus More Rate Hikes)

Pictured above, a UN Global Pulse animation uses UPU big data to visualize international postal flows during 2014. New international regulations will separate documents from [...]

UPU’s Integrated Product Plan Impacts International Mailers

From the May 2017 edition of MAIL: The Journal of Communication Distribution: By Merry Law President WorldVu LLC The Universal Postal Union (UPU), is the primary forum for [...]

USPS Opposes International Inbound Mail Tracking

Tough legislation that would require inbound international mail be tracked as a way of curtailing illegal fentanyl shipments is facing resistance from the State Department [...]

International Mail Manual (IMM): Mailing Standards of the U.S. Postal Service Updated March 4, 2019

Here is the International Mail Manual (IMM) revised and updated March 4, 2019 — the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service for international mailing: Index [...]

Delays In Cuba Bound Mail

Due to transportation changes currently underway, the Postal Service advises that customers may experience longer than usual delivery times for mail service to Cuba. The [...]

Mail Service To Syria Suspended

The Postal Service has suspended mail service to Syria due to transportation issues. Until further notice, all Post Office and other acceptance locations will not accept mail [...]

UPDATE: Suspension of Mail Services to Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine

In January 2015, the Ukrainian postal operator (Ukrposhta) advised that delivery services have been suspended for international mail addressed to certain localities in the [...]

Global Mailer Predictions for 2017

Industry stalwart Merry Law offers her predictions on predictions for international mailers in 2017 … (click to read [...]