USPS Suspends Money Back Guarantee of Priority Mail Express to All Countries
USPS has expanded the suspension of its USPS Priority Mail Express International (PMEI) date-certain, postage-refund guarantee to eight more countries, covering now all countries for which the Postal Service offered this money-back guarantee.
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The USPS Priority Mail Express International guarantee is temporarily suspended to the following countries until further notice:
- Australia
- Canada
- China*
- France**
- Great Britain**
- Hong Kong*
- Israel
- Japan
- Korea (South)
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Spain**
- Sweden**
- Switzerland**
- Thailand
* Suspended since February 10, 2020
** Suspended since March 23, 2020
The Postal Service said the suspension of its money-back guarantee is due to Covid-19 related impacts on transportation availability to those countries.
USPS Options and Additional International Information
Shippers who need to send urgent items to these countries should consider USPS Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) as an alternative, where available. As of today, China is the only country on this list to which USPS has also suspended the GXG service completely.
USPS GXG shipments are transported by FedEx and typically do not rely on commercial passenger or third-party air cargo transport.
And finally, as a reminder, there are additional service disruptions and suspensions to several countries on this list, such as Australia and New Zealand.
Please see our USPS International Status Page for more details on all countries which currently have service disruptions and suspensions due to Covid-19 transportation or other issues affecting service levels.
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Richard Meldner
Richard is co-founder of eSeller365. He has over 17 years of experience on eBay which includes tens of thousands of sales to buyers in over 100 countries and even has experience with eBay’s VeRO program enforcing intellectual property rights for a former employer. And for about two years Richard sold products on Amazon using Amazon FBA in the US.
To “relax” from the daily business grind, for a few weekends a year, he also works for IMSA as a professional race official.