Standard Shipping Service News update - USPS International service disruptions
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Suspensions
Afghanistan
French Guiana
Mongolia
Sudan
Australia *
Guadeloupe
New Zealand**
Syria
Bhutan
Hong Kong
Papua New Guinea
Timor-Leste
Brunei
Laos
Reunion (Bourbon)
Turkmenistan
Central African Republic
Liberia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Miquelon)
Yemen
Chad
Libya
Samoa
China***
Martinique
Sierra Leone
Cuba
Mayotte
South Sudan
These service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International® (PMEI), Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Mail International® (FCMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®), International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®), and M-Bag® items.
*Australia’s service disruption affects Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), Commercial ePacket (CeP), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) packets, International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) M-Bags, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) packets, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags.
**New Zealand’s service disruption affects Priority Mail International® (PMI), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) M-Bags, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags.
***China’s service disruption only affects Priority Mail International® (PMI).
Unless otherwise noted, service suspensions to a particular country do not affect delivery of military and diplomatic mail.
For already deposited items, other than GXG:
Postal Service employees endorse them “Mail Service Suspended — Return to Sender” and then place them in the mail stream for return.
For any returned item bearing a customs form:
The Postal Service will, upon request, refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service.
For all other returned items not bearing a customs declarations form:
Either:
The Postal Service will, upon request, refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service, or
The sender may remail them with the existing postage once service has been restored. When remailing under this option, customers must cross out the markings “Mail Service Suspended — Return to Sender.”
Priority Mail Express International®
Effective October 25, 2021, due to airline travel restrictions and cancellations, the U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended the guarantee on Priority Mail Express International to the following destinations:
Suspension of Priority Mail Express International Guarantee
Australia
Great Britain
Korea
Sweden
Canada
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Switzerland
China
Israel
Singapore
Thailand
France
Japan
Spain
These suspensions will be in effect until further notice. The Postal Service is taking all reasonable measures to minimize impact to our customers.
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