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Customs Forms for U.S. Postal Service Mailings

CSU departments are responsible for completing customs forms for their US Postal Service shipments. The information needed to properly prepare your international mail is contained in the follow links, including tables indicating which form to use and instructions on how to complete them. For questions not covered in these documents, please call Mail Service at 491-6529.

There are two types of US postal customs forms:

a single green sticker with a detachable white stub (2976)
a six-part white form (2976-A) that slips into a clear adhesive envelope (2976-E)

Postal customs forms are currently used on three groups of mail destinations: International mail, Military Mail, and the US possessions of Guam, Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. Customers must complete the appropriate form prior to submitting their mail piece to Mail Service for processing. Items with incorrect or incomplete customs forms will be returned to the sending department.

Packages with customs forms cannot be dropped in a blue USPS collection box.

Customs Form Usage Requirements

Mail Category	Declared Value	Weight	Required Form	Comment
Global Express Guaranteed (documents and nondocuments)	All values	All weights	Mailing label (item 11FGG1)
Express Mail International	All values	All weights	2976 or 2976-A Unless otherwise specified	Please call Mail Service at 491-6529 to determine which form is necessary based on destination country, weight and contents.
Priority Mail International Flat-Rate Envelope	All values Under $400 $400 or over	16 oz or more Less than 16 oz All weights	2976-A* 2976 2976-A*	Maximum Weight: 4 pounds
Priority Mail International	All values	All weights	2976-A*	All items mailed in Priority Mail International packaging boxes, or other packaging EXCEPT Priority Mail Flat-rate Envelope or bearing a Priority Mail Sticker or marked with the words “Priority Mail” are considered parcels.
First-Class Mail International	No value No value Under $400 $400 and over	Less than 16 oz 16 oz or more All weights All weights	None 2976 2976 2976-A *	Maximum Weight: 4 pounds
Free matter for the blind	Under $400 $400 and over		2976 2976-A*
M-bag	Under $400 $400 and over		2976 2976-A*	Content Restrictions: direct sacks of printed matter to a single foreign addressee, including newspapers, magazines, journals, books, sheet music, catalogues, directories, commercial advertising, and promotional matter
Military Mail (APO,FPO) and Guam items that: Weigh less than 16 ounces and do not have potentially dutiable contents	No value No value All values Under $400 $400 and over	Less than 16 oz 16 oz to 4 lbs Over 4 lbs All weights All weights	None 2976 2976-A 2976 2976-A

* Priority Mail International, First-Class Mail International, M-bags, Matter for the Blind
If the value of the contents is less than $400.00, affix Customs Form - PS Form 2976 to the exterior of the mail piece. If the value of the contents is $400.00 or more, affix the upper portion of the green customs label Customs Form - PS Form 2976 to the exterior of the mail piece and place a completed Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note - PS Form 2976-A inside the package.

A customs form is not required on the following categories of mail: Non-dutiable First-Class Mail items weighing less than 16 ounces.

Express Mail International Shipments
The customs form requirement for EMS shipments varies by country. Use PS Form 2976 Customs Form or PS Form 2976-A Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note as specified by the country. Please call Mail Service at 491-6529 for additional details customs requirements in the country of destination.

Priority Mail International NOT packaged in Priority Flat-rate Envelope
Regardless of value or contents, every parcel post package - whether airmail or economy (surface) - must bear a completed PS Form 2976-A Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note that is inserted into Envelope for PS Form 2976-E.

MS Word Version of these Instructions

Instructions for Completing Form 2976

Instructions for Completing Form 2976-A

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