# International Mailing Services: Proposed Price Changes
**AGENCY:**
Postal Service <sub>TM</sub> .
**ACTION:**
Notice of proposed price adjustments, opportunity to comment.
**SUMMARY:**
On January 15, 2015, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for products and services covered by *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal* Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), to be effective on April 26, 2015. Following the completion of this proceeding, the Postal Service will revise Notice 123, *Price List,* to reflect the new prices.
**DATES:**
We must receive your comments on or before February 23, 2015.
**ADDRESSES:**
Comments regarding this proposal are invited. 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 “April 2015 International Mailing Services Price Change.” Faxed comments are not accepted.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Paula Rabkin at 202-268-2537.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Postal Service hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3622, on January 15, 2015, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a *Notice of Market-Dominant Price Adjustment.* Proposed prices and other documents relevant to this filing are available under Docket No. R2015-4 on the PRC's Web site at *www.prc.gov.*
This proposed rule includes price changes for First-Class Mail International® and certain international extra services. All of the proposed price change percentages are based on CPI prices approved by the PRC in Docket No. 2103-10, plus the Exigent Surcharge approved by the PRC in Docket No. R2013-11.
**First-Class Mail International**
We propose to increase prices for single-piece First-Class Mail International letters, postcards, and flats by approximately 4.2 percent. (Under this proposal, the 2-ounce letter-size price to Canada will continue at the same price as the 1-ounce letter-size price to Canada.)
**International Extra Services and Fees**
The Postal Service proposes to increase prices for certain international market dominant extra services including:
• Certificate of Mailing (0.35%)
• Registered Mail <sub>TM</sub> (2.2%)
• Return Receipt (2.7%).
Following the completion of Docket No. R2015-4, the Postal Service will adjust the prices for products and services covered by the International Mail Manual. These prices will be on *Postal Explorer®* at *pe.usps.com.*
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Requirements.