Royal Mail US DDP Changes 2025: Services Retired & New Options for UK Businesses

Royal Mail is making major changes to its shipping options to the USA with an extensive list of services being suspended, and new Postal Delivered Duties Paid (PDDP) services introduced in their place.

If you’re selling to the US, these updates could affect how you ship orders, manage costs, and get orders to customers.

Here’s a quick guide outlining the services that are being suspended and the new services.

The new service codes Royal Mail are introducing for shipping Postal Delivered Duties Paid (PDDP) to the USA:

MTV
MPR
DE6
BZY
BZV
BZX
BZU
BZW
BYD
BYH

Here is a list of the suspended DDU services to the US for all formats:

BPI
BXB
BXC
BXF
DE4
DG4
DW1
ETA
ETB
ETC
ETD
ETE
ETF
ETG
ETH
ETI
ETJ
IE1
IG1
ISB
ISC
IT0
IT2
IT3
IT4
IT5
IT6
IT7
IT8
IT9
LLG
LLH
LLJ
LLK
LLM
LLN
MP1
MP4
MP7
MP8
MQ1
MQ2
MTA
MTB
MTE
MTF
MTK
TIA
TIB
TIE
TIF
WE1
WG4
HVK
HVL
MTG
DEI
DEJ
DEM

Here are the Large Letter, Parcel and Printed Paper format services that are suspended to the US:

OLA
OLS
OTA
OTB
OTC
OTD

Want to make sure your US orders keep flowing smoothly? Zenstores helps UK ecommerce businesses navigate Royal Mail’s US DDP changes with smarter shipping workflows and carrier integrations. Get in touch today to see how we can simplify your cross-border shipping.