[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 82278-82285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33140]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20


Global Express Guaranteed: Changes in Postal Rates

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Amendment to interim rule.

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SUMMARY: On December 11, 2000, a Federal Register notice (65 FR 77302) 
was published with correct new rates but erroneously omitted the 
revised country group listing. In addition, the rate groups were listed 
with an alpha-character designation, when in fact the rate groups have 
numeric designations. This amendment publishes the rate charts and the 
revised country group listing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date is concurrent with the effective 
date for the new domestic rates, January 7, 2001. Comments on the 
amendment to the interim rule must be received on or before January 6, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed or delivered to Business 
Initiatives, Expedited/Package Services, U.S. Postal Service, 200 E. 
Mansell Court, Suite 300, Roswell, GA 30076-4850. Copies of all written 
comments will be available for public inspection between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Expedited/Package Services office, 
200 E. Mansell Court, Suite 300, Roswell, GA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm E. Hunt, 770-360-1104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) is the U.S. 
Postal Service's premium international mail service. GXG is an 
expedited delivery service that is the product of a business alliance 
between the U.S. Postal Service and DHL Worldwide Express, Inc. It 
provides time-definite service from designated U.S. ZIP Code areas to 
locations in over 200 destination countries and territories. Global 
Express Guaranteed consists of two mail classifications: Global Express 
Guaranteed Document Service and Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document 
Service. Regulations for Global Express Guaranteed service are 
currently set forth in section 215 of the International Mail Manual 
(IMM). These regulations will be moved to IMM 210 pursuant to the 
notice published in Federal Register on September 26, 2000. Numerous 
and successive expansions and changes to the service have been listed 
in previous Federal Register notices and were summarized in the final 
rule Federal Register published on December 6, 2000 (65 FR 76154).
    The GXG rates, set forth below, are based on experience gained with 
providing the service and more accurately reflect the actual costs of 
providing this service across the various rate groups.
    Although the Postal Service is exempted by 39 U.S.C. 410(a) from 
the advance notice requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act 
regarding proposed rulemaking (5 U.S.C. 553), the Postal Service 
invites public comment on the interim rule at the above address.
    The Postal Service is implementing the following rates and amending 
the International Mail Manual, which is 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.

PART 20--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 39 CFR Part 20 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401, 404, 407, 408.

    2. Chapter 2 of the International Mail Manual is amended as 
follows:

2  Conditions for Mailing

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210  Global Express Guaranteed

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213  Service Areas

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213.2  Destinating Countries and Rate Groups

    GXG service is available to the following destinating countries and 
territories. For rate purposes, countries have been placed into one of 
eight rate groups.

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                                                Document    Non-document
                   Country                    service rate  service rate
                                                  group         group
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Afghanistan.................................   No Service    No Service
Albania.....................................            8             8
Algeria.....................................            8             8
Andorra.....................................            6             6
Angola......................................            8             8
Anguilla....................................            3             3
Antigua & Barbuda...........................            3             3
Argentina...................................            5             5
Armenia.....................................            8             8
Aruba.......................................            3             3
Ascension...................................   No Service    No Service
Australia...................................            4             4
Austria.....................................            6             6
Azerbaijan..................................            8             8
Bahamas.....................................            3             3
Bahrain.....................................            7             7
Bangladesh..................................            7             7
Barbados....................................            3             3
Belarus.....................................            8             8
Belgium.....................................            3             3
Belize......................................            5             5
Benin.......................................            8             8

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Bermuda.....................................            3             3
Bhutan......................................            5             5
Bolivia.....................................            5             5
Bosnia-Herzegovina..........................            8             8
Botswana....................................            8             8
Brazil......................................            5             5
British Virgin Islands......................            3             3
Brunei Darussalam...........................            8             8
Bulgaria....................................            8             8
Burkina Faso................................            8             8
Burma (Myanmar).............................            8             8
Burundi.....................................            8             8
Cambodia....................................            8             8
Cameroon....................................            8             8
Canada......................................            1             1
Cape Verde..................................            8             8
Cayman Islands..............................            3             3
Central African Republic....................            8             8
Chad........................................            8             8
Chile.......................................            5             5
China.......................................            4             4
Colombia....................................            5             5
Comoros.....................................            8             8
Congo, Democratic Republic of the...........            8             8
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)........            8             8
Costa Rica..................................            5             5
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).................            8             8
Croatia.....................................            8             8
Cuba........................................            8    No Service
Cyprus......................................            7             7
Czech Republic..............................            8             8
Denmark.....................................            6             6
Djibouti....................................            8             8
Dominica....................................            3             3
Dominican Republic..........................            3             3
Ecuador.....................................            5             5
Egypt.......................................            7    No Service
El Salvador.................................            5             5
Equatorial Guinea...........................            8             8
Eritrea.....................................            8             8
Estonia.....................................            8             8
Ethiopia....................................            8             8
Falkland Islands............................            5             5
Faroe Islands...............................            6             6
Fiji........................................            5             5
Finland.....................................            6             6
France......................................            3             3
French Guiana...............................            5    No Service
French Polynesia............................            8             8
Gabon.......................................            8             8
Gambia......................................            8             8
Georgia, Republic of........................            8             8
Germany.....................................            3             3
Ghana.......................................            8             8
Gibraltar...................................            6             6
Great Britain & Northern Ireland............            3             3
Greece......................................            6             6
Greenland...................................            6             6
Grenada.....................................            3             3
Guadeloupe..................................            3             3
Guatemala...................................            5             5
Guinea......................................            8             8
Guinea-Bissau...............................            8             8
Guyana......................................            5             5
Haiti.......................................            3             3
Honduras....................................            5             5
Hong Kong...................................            3             3
Hungary.....................................            8             8
Iceland.....................................            6             6
India.......................................            7             7
Indonesia...................................            4             4

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Iran........................................            7    No Service
Iraq........................................   No Service    No Service
Ireland (Eire)..............................            3             3
Israel......................................            7             7
Italy.......................................            3             3
Jamaica.....................................            3             3
Japan.......................................   No Service    No Service
Jordan......................................            7             7
Kazakhstan..................................            8             8
Kenya.......................................            8             8
Kiribati....................................            8             8
Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of (North)..   No Service    No Service
Korea, Republic of (South)..................            4             4
Kuwait......................................            7             7
Kyrgyzstan..................................            8             8
Laos........................................            8             8
Latvia......................................            8             8
Lebanon.....................................            7             7
Lesotho.....................................            8             8
Liberia.....................................            8             8
Libya.......................................   No Service    No Service
Liechtenstein...............................            6             6
Lithuania...................................            8             8
Luxembourg..................................            3             3
Macao.......................................            3             3
Macedonia, Republic of......................            8             8
Madagascar..................................            8             8
Malawi......................................            8             8
Malaysia....................................            4             4
Maldives....................................            8             8
Mali........................................            8             8
Malta.......................................            6             6
Martinique..................................            3             3
Mauritania..................................            8             8
Mauritius...................................            8             8
Mexico......................................            2             2
Moldova.....................................            8             8
Mongolia....................................            8             8
Montserrat..................................            3             3
Morocco.....................................            8             8
Mozambique..................................            8             8
Namibia.....................................            8             8
Nauru.......................................            8             8
Nepal.......................................            8             8
Netherlands.................................            3             3
Netherlands Antilles........................            3             3
New Caledonia...............................            5             5
New Zealand.................................            4             4
Nicaragua...................................            5             5
Niger.......................................            8             8
Nigeria.....................................            8             8
Norway......................................            6             6
Oman........................................            7             7
Pakistan....................................            7             7
Panama......................................            5             5
Papua New Guinea............................            5             5
Paraguay....................................            5             5
Peru........................................            5             5
Philippines.................................            4             4
Pitcairn Island.............................   No Service    No Service
Poland......................................            8             8
Portugal....................................            6             6
Qatar.......................................            7             7
Reunion.....................................            8             8
Romania.....................................            8             8
Russia......................................            8             8
Rwanda......................................            8             8
St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis.........            3             3
Saint Helena................................   No Service    No Service
Saint Lucia.................................            3             3
Saint Pierre & Miquelon.....................            1             1

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Saint Vincent & Grenadines..................            3             3
San Marino..................................            3             3
Sao Tome & Principe.........................            8             8
Saudi Arabia................................            7             7
Senegal.....................................            8             8
Serbia-Montenegro (Yugoslavia)..............            8             8
Seychelles..................................            8             8
Sierra Leone................................            8             8
Singapore...................................            3             3
Slovak Republic (Slovakia)..................            8             8
Slovenia....................................            8             8
Solomon Islands.............................            8             8
Somalia.....................................            8             8
South Africa................................            8             8
Spain.......................................            6             6
Sri Lanka...................................            7             7
Sudan.......................................   No Service    No Service
Suriname....................................            5             5
Swaziland...................................            8             8
Sweden......................................            6             6
Switzerland.................................            6             6
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)................            7    No Service
Taiwan......................................            3             3
Tajikistan..................................            8             8
Tanzania....................................            8             8
Thailand....................................            4             4
Togo........................................            8             8
Tonga.......................................            8             8
Trinidad & Tobago...........................            3             3
Tristan da Cunha............................   No Service    No Service
Tunisia.....................................            8             8
Turkey......................................            7             7
Turkmenistan................................            8             8
Turks & Caicos Islands......................            3             3
Tuvalu......................................            8             8
Uganda......................................            8             8
Ukraine.....................................            8             8
United Arab Emirates........................            7             7
Uruguay.....................................            5             5
Uzbekistan..................................            8             8
Vanuatu.....................................            5             5
Vatican City................................            3             3
Venezuela...................................            5             5
Vietnam.....................................            4             4
Wallis & Futuna Islands.....................            4             4
Western Samoa...............................            4             4
Yemen.......................................            7             7
Zambia......................................            8             8
Zimbabwe....................................            8             8
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    GXG service is available to all locations that are referenced in 
the Individual Country Listings except for the following:

Afghanistan
Ascension
Iraq
Japan
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)
Libya
Pitcairn Island
Saint Helena
Sudan
Tristan de Cunha

    The following countries are limited to GXG Document service only:

Cuba
Egypt
French Guiana
Iran
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)
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216  Postage

216.1  Document Service Rates/Groups

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Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 00-33140 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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