USPS
Service Overview
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USPS Smartmail Expedited This service is currently unavailable. Choose USPS Smartmail Ground Light for the same cost and transit time.
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USPS Smartmail Ground Light For very light items or documents, weighing up to 0.45kg (1lb) only. Transit time 7-10 days.
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USPS Smartmail Plus Ground For parcels weighing up to 5kg (11lb). Transit time 8-11 days.
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USPS Print A cost-effective way to send printed and permanently-bound material including books, magazines, catalogues, journals and brochures, weighing up to 5kg (11lb).
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What can I send with USPS Print?This service is exclusively for bound printed matter. At least 90% of sheets must be printed with advertising, promotional, directory or editorial content. Here are some examples of what you can and can't send:
Permanently-bound sheets should be secured with staples, spiral binding, glue, or stitching. |
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Surcharges
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Remote Area Surcharge This service is for mainland USA only. A surcharge will apply if attempting to send to Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the US Virgin Islands.
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€30 per item |
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Volume Surcharge For parcels above 0.45kg and greater than 1 cubic foot (28316,8 cubi cm) in volume. This will be applied based on either the volumetric weight or the actual weight (whichever is higher).
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€1.35 per 0.45kg |
Features
- Fantastic rates for parcels up to 5kg
- Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) service - duties are calculated and charged at checkout.
- Even better rates for advertising, promotional and editorial material
- Fully tracked
- Collections are arranged by Transglobal
- How it works - more info
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This economical USPS service is designed for lightweight parcels bound for the USA. Parcels are consolidated at our warehouse and flown over to the US, where they are delivered last-mile by USPS. The carrier collects directly from our depot for this service. This means you have a few different options to choose from when it comes to dropping off your parcel or having it collected from your door.
Collections from your door
Collections from your door are arranged by Transglobal Express, with a choice of carriers.
If you are booking a collection with UPS, please add 1 working day to the estimated transit time to allow for overnight delivery to our depot.
Drop-offs
You can also drop off at our depot in Kelsterbach or choose one of hundreds of DPD drop-off or UPS Access Point™ locations nationwide.
Labelling
If booking a collection, your shipping labels will show our depot as the destination address.
Once your shipment arrives at our depot, we'll process it, relabel if required and send it on to its final address.
Please refer to our documentation page for labelling instructions for each collection and drop-off option.
Insurance
- Up to €25 free cover included
- Standard insurance available for up to €250
Size & Weight Restrictions
- Max. weight: Expedited: 450g; Smartmail Ground: 5kg
- Max. length: 55cm
- Max. height/width: 43cm
- Max. length plus girth: 127cm - how girth is calculated
Volumetric Weight
- Volumetric weight is calculated using 3000 as the divisor. How volumetric weight is calculated.
Service Restrictions & Prohibited Items
- This service is available for shipments up to a maximum value of $800.
- This service is restricted to mainland USA only and excludes Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii and the US Virgin Islands - items sent to these destinations will be surcharged 30 € per item. For parcels to these territories, we recommend that you use one of our UPS or DHL courier services instead.
- Food and drink, ingestibles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and products derived from protected species cannot be sent on this service.
- See our prohibited items page for general restrictions when booking our services.
USPS Prohibited Commodity Codes
| Prohibited Commodity Codes | Description |
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| 01 - all | Live animals |
| 02 -all | Meat and offal |
| 03 - all | Fish and Crustaceans |
| 04 - all | Dairy produce, eggs, natural honey etc |
| 05 - all | Other product of animal origin |
| 06 - all | Live trees |
| 07 - all | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
| 08 - all | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
| 09 - all | Coffee, tea, maté and spices |
| 10 - all | Cereals |
| 11 - all | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |
| 12 - all | Seeds and fruits |
| 13 - all | Gums and resins |
| 14 - all | Vegetable plaiting materials/vegetable products |
| 15 - all | Animal or vegetable fats and oils |
| 16 - all | Preparations of meat/fish |
| 17 - all | Sugars and sugar confectionery |
| 18 - all | Cocoa |
| 19 - all | Preparations of cereals |
| 20 - all | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts etc |
| 21 - all | Miscellaneous edible preparations |
| 22 - all | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 23 - all | Pet food |
| 24 - all | Tobacco and tobacco substitutes |
| 25 - all | Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
| 26 - all | Ores, slag and ash |
| 27 - all | Mineral fuels, oils and waxs |
| 28 - all | Inorganic chemicals |
| 29 - all | Organic chemicals |
| 30 - all | Pharmaceutical products |
| 36 - all | Explosives |
| 93 - all | Arms and ammunition |
| 4103.20 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather > of reptiles |
| 9001.3 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.4 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.5 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.90.4 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9003 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9004 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9018 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9019 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9020 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9021 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9022 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
Packaging Requirements
- Please refer to our packaging guidance
Additional Information
- Track your shipment by entering your DE-order reference number into our tracking tool
- Please note: Undeliverable shipments will be disposed of or returned to the sender at cost.
