Cuba

Service is limited to letters in the usual form, Braille letters for the blind, postcards, and printed matter items sent as Global Airmail or Global Economy (surface) letter-post, International Priority Airmail (IPA), or International Surface Airlift (ISAL) mailings. Parcel post service is not available.

Guinea Bissau

Effective February 14, 2000, partial service was resumed to Guinea-Bissau . Mail service is currently limited to the following items: Air letter-post items including postcards, postal cards, and aerogrammes, Airmail M-bags, Global Airmail parcel post, International Priority Airmail (IPA), Global Express Mail™ (GEM), and Applicable special services. All Global Economy (surface) mail services continue to be suspended.

Iraq

Effective August 14, 2003, the U.S. Postal Service® resumed limited mail service to Iraq .

Service is limited to airmail letter-post (including post cards, postal cards, and aerogrammes) containing personal communications not involving a transfer of anything of value and not exceeding 12 ounces.

Korea (North)

Service is limited to airmail and economy letter-post items, including postcards, postal cards, areogrammes and matter for the blind. All merchandise is prohibited.

Lebanon

All Global Economy (surface) mail services are suspended indefinitely. Service is limited to Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG), Global Airmail letter-post; M-bags; parcel post packages up to a maximum weight of 22 pounds; International Priority Airmail (IPA), and International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) mailings.

Liberia

Mail service is currently limited to the following items:

All economy (surface) mail services continue to be suspended.

Libya

In accordance with Executive Order 12543 of January 7, 1986, merchandise is limited to donations of articles of food, clothing, medicines, and medical supplies that are intended strictly for medical purposes. Airmail letter-post items including post cards, aerogrammes, International Priority Airmail (IPA), and Global Economy (surface) mail items subject to the content restriction continue. International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) service is suspended because transportation is not available.

Mexico

Effective November 13, 2003, Global Direct - Mexico service is discontinued.

Romania

Effective November 13, 2003, Global Express™ Mail (EMS®) service is available to all destinations in Romania . Previously, the only available EMS destination in Romania was Bucharest .

Somalia

All mail services except for Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) are suspended.

Venezuela

Effective Friday, February 7, 2003, DHL Venezuela returned to its normal schedule of deliveries and pick-ups. DHL United States will now return to standard procedures in accepting shipments for Venezuela .

However, many Venezuelan businesses remain closed, and the civil situation is still not entirely stable.

Currently, mail from the United States to the following countries is operating under normal operating conditions but there have been reports of delays:

Brazil

In January of 2004 GPS received reports that limited numbers of ISAL and GBE mass mailings to low-populated areas of Brazil have seen delays.

Czech Republic

In January of 2004 GPS received reports that limited numbers of ISAL and GBE mass mailings to the Czech Republic were being delayed. The Czech Republic 's entry into the European Union in May of 2004 may have alleviated these delays.