# International Mailing Services: Proposed Price Changes—CPI
**AGENCY:**
Postal Service <sub>TM</sub> .
**ACTION:**
Proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:**
In October 2013, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective on January 26, 2014. The Postal Service proposes to revise various sections of *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect these new price changes.
**DATES:**
We must receive your comments on or before November 25, 2013.
**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 “January 2014 International Mailing Services Price Change—CPI.” Faxed comments are not accepted.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Rick Klutts at 813-877-0372.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Proposed prices are or will be available under Docket Number R2013-10 on the Postal Regulatory Commission's Web site at *www.prc.gov.*
This proposed rule includes price changes for First-Class Mail International® and international extra services.
**First-Class Mail International**
This proposed rule would increase prices for single-piece First-Class Mail International letters, postcards, and flats by approximately 2.1 percent. Specifically, there would be no increase for postcards, letters, or the nonmachinable surcharge; flats would be increased by 6.4 percent.
Under this proposal, the 2-ounce letter-size price to Canada will continue as the same price for a 1-ounce letter-size price to Canada.
**International Extra Services and Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee**
The Postal Service proposes to increase prices for international market dominant extra services by approximately 1.5 percent, for the following:
• Certificate of Mailing (5.5%)
• Registered Mail <sub>TM</sub> (1.2%)
• Return Receipt (2.9%)
• International Business Reply <sub>TM</sub> Cards and Envelopes (2.9%)
• Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee (4.5%)
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**
**Extra Services**
**Certificate of Mailing (313)**
[For each country that offers certificate of mailing service, revise the fees to read as follows:]
| Individual pieces | Fee |
| --- | --- |
| Individual article (PS Form 3817) | $1.25 |
| Firm mailing books (PS Form 3877), per article listed (minimum 3) | 0.45 |
| Duplicate copy of PS Form 3817 or PS Form 3877 (per page) | 1.25 |
| Bulk quantities | Fee |
| First 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) | $7.50 |
| Each additional 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) | 0.90 |
| Duplicate copy of PS Form 3606 | 1.25 |
**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 $1.80; Cards $1.30.
**Registered Mail (330)**
[For each country that offers international Registered Mail service, revise the fee to read as follows:]
*Fee:* $13.10.
**Return Receipt (340)**
[For each country that offers international return receipt service, revise the fee to read as follows:]
*Fee:* $3.60.
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.