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225 Mail Entry and Deposit

225.1 Place of Mailing

225.11 Items Eligible for Deposit or Pickup

Express Mail International items bearing a computer-generated customs form with customs data that has been electronically transmitted (e.g., using Click-N-Ship service, an authorized PC Postage vendor, or the USPS Web Tools system) may be deposited through any of the following methods, provided postage is paid by a means other than the use of postage stamps:

  1. In a private mailbox bearing a return address that matches the address at the point of pick up, when the customer or business is known to reside or do business at that location.
  2. Through Pickup on Demand service.
  3. Through Package Pickup service.
  4. At a Postal Service retail counter.
  5. Into a Postal Service lobby drop.
  6. In a collection box.
  7. At a Contract Postal Unit (CPU).
  8. At a USPS Approved Shipper location.

Note: The following items may also be deposited through the aforementioned methods:

  1. Express Mail International items weighing 13 ounces or less, bearing only postage stamps, and not requiring a customs form (see the applicable Individual Country Listing).
  2. Express Mail International items weighing 16 ounces or less, paid with an Express Mail corporate account (EMCA) or online postage or postage meters or information-based indicia (IBI), and not requiring a customs form (see the applicable Individual Country Listing).
225.12 Items Not Eligible for Deposit or Pickup

Customers must present the following Express Mail International items requiring a customs form to an employee at a Post Office retail service counter. Deposit and pickup methods listed in 225.11 are prohibited. The Postal Service will return improperly presented items to the sender for proper entry and acceptance.

  1. Any item bearing a customs form and paid with only postage stamps.
  2. Any item bearing a handwritten customs form.
  3. Any item bearing a customs form that was not computer-generated.
  4. Any item for which the customs data was not electronically transmitted.
225.13 Items Paid With a Permit Imprint

Mailers who enter volume mailings paid with a permit imprint under 223.22 must enter such items through a business mail entry unit (BMEU) or, when authorized by the district BMEU manager, through a detached mail unit (DMU) at a mailer’s plant.

225.2 Pickup On Demand Service

Subject to the standards in 225.1, Pickup On Demand service is available for Express Mail International items. There is a single charge for Pickup On Demand service (see Notice 123, Price List), regardless of the number of items scheduled for pickup. A pickup can include any or all of the following items:

  1. Global Express Guaranteed items.
  2. Express Mail International items.
  3. Priority Mail International items.
  4. Express Mail items.
  5. Priority Mail items.
  6. Package Services items.

225.3 Package Pickup Service

No pickup fee is charged when an Express Mail International item or items are picked up during a letter carrier’s regular delivery stop or during a scheduled stop made to collect other mail not subject to a pickup fee. Pickup service is provided in accordance with the information in DMM 507.6; for more information, also visit the online site at usps.com/pickup.




ARCHIVED IMM - JAN 27, 2013
ARCHIVED IMM - JAN 27, 2013