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Customers interested in pursuing International Mail business options can contact USPS Global Business Management Executive Director Frank Cebello at frank.a.cebello@ usps.gov.

International Mail

Overall, international shipping services prices will increase 8.5 percent on average. Prices increase for Global Express Guaranteed (GXG), Express Mail International, Priority Mail International and M-bags. We will expand commercial base prices to include qualifying end-user customers that pay postage using an IBI metering system and transmit customs forms electronically.

For mail destinating to Australia and New Zealand, we will add a new separate price group 10 for Express Mail International and Priority Mail International only. First-Class Mail International, including M-bags, will continue to use price group 3 for Australia and price group 6 for New Zealand, and GXG will continue to use price group 6 for both countries.

Global Express Guaranteed

Published Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) prices will increase 11.2 percent on average, and we continue to offer a 10 percent reduction with commercial base prices. We will expand commercial base price availability to include customers paying postage using IBI postage metering systems, as well as customers who use Click-N-Ship service, and registered end-users of PC Postage systems. These customers must electronically transmit customs forms.

GXG prices can be found on page 25 of the Price List.

Express Mail International

Express Mail International prices will increase by 8.5 percent, and vary based on country group and weight increments. We continue to offer an 8 percent reduction with commercial base prices. We will expand commercial base price availability to include customers paying postage using IBI metering systems, as well as customers who use Click-N-Ship service, and registered end-users of PC Postage systems. These customers must electronically transmit customs forms. Also, customers who pay postage by permit imprint and use authorized mail preparation software also will continue to pay 8 percent below retail.

EMCA and permit imprint manifest mailing systems customers who also use USPS-provided Global Shipping Software (GSS) for mail preparation and customs-related functions will continue to be eligible for prices 8, 10 or 12 percent lower than retail, depending upon annual volume or postage. A customer will receive commercial base prices during the first postal quarter of mailing. Thereafter, the incentive for each postal quarter is determined by the actual annualized volume or postage paid for Express Mail International mailed in the previous full postal quarter. We will continue to offer additional volume pricing through customized agreements.

Express Mail International prices begin on page 26 of the Price List.