Duty Collection for Domestic Mail Arriving From Certain Insular Possessions and Territories
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 30, 2026. Document 2026-15420. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.
- What it does
The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), section 608, to provide instructions for customs clearance and the prepayment of applicable customs duties, taxes, and fees for certain goods mailed from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands destined to the customs territory of the United States (CTUS), which is defined in 19 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 101.1 as the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The Postal Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 39 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Postal Service has published 15 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 29 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective: July 30, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
- Check it yourself
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-15420 |
|---|---|
| Action | Interim final rule. |
| Agencies | Postal Service |
| Published | July 30, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 30, 2026 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register