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Dear Member: In response to requests from the ACMA and other industry stakeholders​, today the US Postal Service announced it would delay the implementation of classification changes for the new nonstandard fees and dimension noncompliance fee from the original date of January 9th to April 3, 2022. The delay, albeit shorter than the summertime date the mailing […]

Dear Merchant Members: Time is tight, but if you previously received an exemption for any Section 301 tariffs, you are eligible to apply to extend your exemption. Under the Federal Register link, we can help you prepare and file comments with our government affairs firm, The Vogel Group. This service can be provided at a substantial […]

The ACMA, which participates in regular peak season service update calls with USPS officials, heard last week that merchants should be extra cautious when tendering holiday shipments to the USPS. There was an incident at a retail location where an unidentified person presented his or herself as a non-uniformed employee of the USPS (and not […]

Members: The November 2-3, 2021, meetings of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) were once again held virtually. ACMA’s Paul Miller tuned in to all sessions of interest to our membership. Below you will find our recap; hyperlinked session titles or speakers will take you to the slides shown though the USPS did not make […]

On Oct. 4, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai (at right) unveiled the Biden Administration’s China trade policy during a highly anticipated speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Tai’s speech at CSIS was the first major policy address on the China-U.S. economic relationship since President Biden took office. As expected, Tai […]

  Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an 86-page report analyzing how the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) conducted its review of tariff exclusion requests for imported products from China.   As part of the study, the GAO compiled and analyzed all exemptions filed for Section 301 tariffs. A total of […]

Dear Member: This (link) new service reporting page from the USPS Office of Inspector General is worth bookmarking as you may find it useful when discussing postal concerns with your Member of Congress. Note that this data is always historical. For real time information, go here. Of course, observing scan data from your actual mailing […]

Members: The June 29-30, 2021, meetings of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) were once again held virtually. ACMA’s Paul Miller tuned in to all sessions of interest to our membership. Below you will find our recap; hyperlinked session titles will take you to the slides shown. There are also a couple of links available […]