# International Mail: Proposed Product Rate and Fee Changes
**AGENCY:**
Postal Service <sup>TM</sup> .
**ACTION:**
Proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:**
In October 2011, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective on January 22, 2012. This proposed rule contains the revisions to *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* International Mail Manual (IMM®) that would accompany the new prices.
**DATES:**
We must receive your comments on or before November 23, 2011.
**ADDRESSES:**
Mail or deliver comments to the Manager, Product Classification, U.S. Postal Service®, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., RM 4446, Washington, DC 20260-5015. You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at USPS® Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 11th Floor N, Washington, DC by appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday by calling 1-202-268-2906 in advance. Email comments, containing the name and address of the commenter, may be sent to: *[email protected],* with a subject line of “International Mailing Services Price Change.” Faxed comments are not accepted.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Obataiye B. Akinwole at 202-268-2260, or Rick Klutts at 813-877-0372.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Proposed prices are or will be available under Docket Number R2012-3 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's Web site at *http://www.prc.gov* .
This proposed rule includes: Price changes for First-Class Mail International® and extra services.
**First-Class Mail International**
This proposed rule would increase prices for single-piece First-Class Mail International letters by approximately 6.6 percent, while the price for postcards is proposed to increase by approximately 7 percent.
**International Extra Services**
The Postal Service proposes to increase prices for market dominant extra services by approximately 2.2 percent, for the following:
• Certificate of Mailing
• Registered Mail <sup>TM</sup>
• Return Receipt
• Restricted Delivery
• Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee
• International Reply Coupons
• International Business Reply Service
The prices and fees proposed in this notice, if adopted, would become effective concurrent with any domestic prices adopted as a result of the current proceedings before the Postal Regulatory Commission (Docket No. R2012-3). All regulatory changes necessary to implement this proposal are provided below.
Although exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c)] regarding proposed rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the Postal Service invites public comment on the following proposed revisions to the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* International Mail Manual (IMM), incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 20.1.
**List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20**
Foreign relations, International postal services.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 20 is proposed to be amended as follows:
**PART 20—[AMENDED]**
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 20 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
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.
2. Revise the following sections of the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* International Mail Manual (IMM) as follows:
**Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)**
**Individual Country Listings**
**First-Class Mail International (240)**
*[For each country that offers First-Class Mail International service, retain the country's Price Group designation (which appears in the “First-Class Mail International” heading), but remove the three price tables for letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small packets), and insert text to read as follows:]*
For the prices and maximum weights for postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), packages (small packets), and postcards, see Notice 123, Price List.
*[Remove the entry “Postcards (241.22)” and the price for postcards.]*
**Extra Services**
**Certificate of Mailing (
313
)**
*[For each country that offers certificate of mailing service, revise the fees to read as follows:]*
| | Fee |
| --- | --- |
| Individual Pieces: | |
| Individual article (PS Form 3817) | $1.15 |
| Firm mailing books (PS Form 3877), per article listed (minimum 3) | 0.44 |
| Duplicate copy of PS Form 3817 or PS Form 3877 (per page) | 1.15 |
| Bulk Quantities: | |
| First 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) | 6.70 |
| Each additional 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) | 0.80 |
| Duplicate copy of PS Form 3606 | 1.15 |
**International Business Reply Service (382)**
*[For each country that offers International Business Reply Service, revise the fees to read as follows:]*
Fee: Envelopes up to 2 ounces $1.50; Cards $1.00
**International Reply Coupons (381)**
*[For each country that offers international reply coupons, revise the fee to read as follows:]*
Fee: $2.20
**Registered Mail (330)**
*[For each country that offers international Registered Mail service, revise the fee to read as follows:]*
Fee: $11.75
**Restricted Delivery (350)**
*[For each country that offers international restricted delivery service, revise the fee to read as follows:]*
Fee: $4.55
**Return Receipt (340)**
*[For each country that offers international return receipt service, revise the fee to read as follows:]*
Fee: $2.35
We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to reflect these changes if our proposal is adopted.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.