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USPS Intl. Mail Service Suspensions - April 20
International Mail Service Suspensions
The Postal Service™ is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to service impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suspension Due to Foreign Postal Operator Service Suspension
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Bolivia | French Polynesia | Maldives | Rwanda |
Botswana | Honduras | Mauritius | Samoa |
Cayman Islands | India | Mongolia | South Africa |
Chad | Kuwait | Nepal | Sri Lanka |
Curacao | Libya | New Caledonia | Zimbabwe |
Ecuador | Madagascar | Panama | |
Fiji | Malawi | Peru |
Suspension Due to Unavailability of Transportation
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Angola | Guatemala | Papua New Guinea | Timor-Leste |
Benin | Guinea Bissau | Paraguay | Tonga |
Bermuda | Guyana | Republic of the Congo | UAE |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kenya | Saudi Arabia | Uganda |
Burundi | Kiribati | Senegal | Uruguay |
Cameroon | Kyrgyzstan | Seychelles | Vanuatu |
Cape Verde | Laos | Solomon Islands | Venezuela |
Cook Islands | Lebanon | South Sudan | Yemen |
Costa Rica | Lesotho | Sudan | Zambia |
Cuba | Moldova | Swaziland (Eswatini) | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mozambique | Tajikistan | |
Gambia | Oman | Tanzania |
Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice.
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.
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. |
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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:
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Global Express Guaranteed® Service Suspensions and Disruptions
Effective April 14, 2020, the Postal Service is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance of Global Express Guarantee® (GXG®) to the following destinations:
Suspension of Global Express Guaranteed Service
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Bangladesh | Fiji | Lesotho | Rwanda |
Bhutan | French Polynesia | Liberia | Samoa |
Burundi | Gambia | Libya | Seychelles |
Cape Verde | Guinea | Mongolia | Timor-Leste |
Chad | Guinea-Bissau | Nepal | Tonga |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | India | Norfolk Island | Uganda |
Equatorial Guinea | Kirbati | Philippines | Vanuatu |
Eritrea | Laos | Republic of the Congo | Wallis and Futuna |