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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Doug,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">any easy way to test if this is a
courier related problem or a true regulations based one is if you
take a rejected consignment with all the original paperwork,
forms, documentation, etc. you issued, and try to ship this with a
different company (e.g. FedEx, UPS, whatever).</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We have similar problems with parcels
to Switzerland, but not because of regulations, recent amendment
or customs, but because the hub of the German national postal
service responsible to hand those parcels over to Swiss customs
refuse to do so.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We took the returned parcel, with all
rejecting stamps and notes field by Deutsche Post - glued a new
airwaybill on top and launched it again with FedEx. It was
delivered at the destination in two working days. Once you know
this, you can explore alternatives.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If several institutions in your State
or area face the same problem with one local courier or hub, it
might be worth teaming up and to approach responsible managers or
supervisors jointly. We had a workshop uniting major couriers,
ministry representatives, veterinarians and aviation authorities
with good results. Such informal meetings usually are very rare,
and sometimes it needs others to offer a floor to discuss
problems. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Maybe this helps <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">With best wishes</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dirk<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 28.02.2020 um 22:24 schrieb Doug
Yanega:<br>
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<p>It's strictly between us (or our university mailing office) and
the USPS, as it's the USPS that has been rejecting our attempted
shipments. We had been using form 2976-A and the small green
form, and when those were rejected we tracked down the new form.
But today, even with the 2976-R form provided by USPS, they just
returned one of those. Apparently, the regs changed some time
back, but not all USPS offices griped about it, as people
reported to me privately that they'd started getting rejects
almost a year ago, so maybe our local agents were just cutting
us slack until recently. <br>
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<p>The proper form and filing procedure appears to be linked here:
<a href="https://www.usps.com/international/customs-forms.htm"
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<p>It's going to mean a bit more frustration to prepare shipments
this way, given (1) yet another *$%@$ website that you can't use
at all unless you create a user account and password to go with
the 50 other accounts and passwords you have to navigate every
day, and (2) the requirements of the online form, according to
what Deb Trock told me:</p>
<p>"Another thing that took us a while to figure out is that on
the very first page of the on-line form it will ask you for the
weight of the package, which you will need to have before you
start the form. Then a couple of pages later it will ask you
for the weight of the contents. If you put down the same weight
that you had entered on the first page, it will reject your form
because the weight of the contents is added to the weight of the
box and packaging for the total weight. We usually just put the
total weight of the wrapped package on the first page and then
subtract a pound for the box and wrapping when it asks for the
weight of the contents a few pages later."</p>
<p>Frustrating, but not as bad as having packages actually
returned to us for re-shipping, so we'll just have to
accommodate.</p>
<p>Peace,<br>
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Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
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