International Mail Postal Rates

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Postal Service 39 CFR Part 20 AGENCY: Postal Service. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Postal Service, after considering the comments submitted in response to its request published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2001 ( 66 FR 52555-52560 ), for comments on proposed changes in international postage rates, hereby gives notice that it is implementing the proposed rates. EFFECTIVE DATE: 12:01 a.m., Sunday, January 13, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter J. Grandjean at (703) 292-3579. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 16, 2001, the Postal Service published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed changes in international postage rates ( 66 FR 52555-52560 ). The Postal Service requested comments by November 15, 2001, and by that date received two comments. Both were from the same publisher using the publishers' periodical rates. Both commenters stated that if the rates were to be implemented in January 2002, not enough time would be allowed to change software, either company specific proprietary or industry-wide software. Both suggested that the rates not be implemented before March 31, 2002, at the earliest. Both stated that implementation concurrent with the domestic rates in R2001-1 would be appropriate. One commenter noted the dramatic increase in some rate cells for items to Mexico and questioned why these rates would be higher than rates to more distant countries. The Postal Service understands that many mailers will be required to make software chan…