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apo地址是什麼意思
  apo地址是什麼意思

APO=Army Post Office

FPO=Fleet Post Office

說白了就是郵局在美國陸海空軍的辦事處,海外駐軍視爲國內地址,算是軍人福利.

  美國郵寄地址的APO是什麼意思

FPO/APO也稱爲美國戰地郵局,在國際貿易中,當物品送往國外的時候,會涉及FPO/APO的問題。在許多國家,特別是在非洲和中東地區的一些國家,不存在上門投送郵件的情況。在這些國家,歷來都是租用郵政信箱來接收郵件。然而,對於在一般跨國貿易網站做對外貿易的賣家不需要租用信箱。由於一般賣家是以個人郵件小包發送爲主,因此,不存在FPO/APO

然而,FPO/APO作爲其他國家要注意的問題,需要引起重視。而貿易中的fpo/apo分別表示爲:

fpo = Army Post Office軍隊郵局

apo = Fleet Post Office艦隊郵局

fpo/apo locations是軍隊郵箱地址,是USPS和DOD (美國國防部)合作產生的駐軍郵址。

在美國,只有USPS (美國郵政局)才能郵寄PO Box或APO/FPO的地址,也就是說只有郵政方式的郵件纔可以投寄APO/FPO的地址(包括EMS、HKEMS、CN大包裹、HK大包裹、HK小包、CN小包、SW小包)

UPS、Fedex、DHL、TNT無法寄送PO Box或APO/FPO地址。

fpo/apo可以寄送普通郵件(信件、明信片、印刷品)及小型包裝物、國際郵包

值得注意的是,爲了便於駐紮在海外的軍事人員發送和接收郵件海外郵件,美國郵政服務和國防部談判達成一項協議,叫做海外軍事郵件。

戰地郵局(APO/FPO)地址分爲三個軍事“州”和兩個等同“城市”:

一、三個軍事“州”

, 表示Armed Forces (the) Americas 美洲軍事

,,表示Armed Forces Europe歐洲軍事

,表示Armed Forces Pacific太平洋軍事

二、兩個軍事“城市”

APO,表示Army Post Office 軍隊郵局

FPO,表示Fleet Post Office艦隊郵局

根據這樣的構建,一個典型的海外軍事郵件地址看起來應該想下面這樣:

通過讓所有海外軍事郵件符合國內郵件處理計劃,美國郵政可以輕鬆的使用其先進的郵件處理機器分類和處理這些海外軍事郵件,就如處理普通郵件一樣。

Diplomatic Post Office (DPO) 外交郵政局

Army/Air Force Post Office (APO) 陸軍/空軍郵局

Fleet Post Office (FPO) 艦隊郵政局

  apo地址的英語介紹

What is an APO address or an FPO address?

APO stands for "Army Post Office," and is associated with Army or Air Force installations.

FPO stands for "Fleet Post Office," and is associated with Navy installations and ships.

The official definition of APO/FPO mail is (according to the Military Postal Service Agency):

APO/FPO Mail - domestic mail and international mail that bears a U.S. military delivery address or return address and that, in some stage of its transmission, is in the possession of the DOD. This is mail that is being sent to or received from military installations located outside the Continental United States (CONUS). This mail may be official or personal in nature. This mail is centralized at certain locations such as San Francisco and New York for transport overseas. When mail is received in the CONUS from these facilities, letter mail is normally received in sleeved half trays, flats are received in sleeved plastic flat tubs, and parcels are received in #1 sacks.

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Three Military "States":

AA, which stands for Armed Forces (the) Americas

AE, which stands for Armed Forces Europe

AP, which stands for Armed Forces Pacific

Two "City" equivalents:

APO, which stands for Army Post Office

FPO, which stands for Fleet Post Office

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By having all Overseas Military Mail conform to the domestic mailing addressing scheme, the USPS could easily sort and manage it using their sophisticated sorting and distribution machines, just like regular mail.

But there is more to these constructs than addressing schemes. The Military State designators mean more than "phantom" states. They represent the USPS mail processing facilities that handle the mail traffic to and from each Military State. In an analogous form, they represent the neck part of an hourglass. Picture mail flowing into a "neck" location from all parts of the continental United States, then from this "neck" out to all the Military bases and U.S. Embassies in the region of the world represented by the specific Military State.

These "neck" locations, the USPS mail processing facilities themselves, are located in cities that are conducive to getting mail to and from the overseas region of the respective Military State.

These Military State/City pairs are:

AA : Miami, FL

AE : New York, NY

AP : San Francisco. CA

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Since these cities already had ZIP codes assigned to them, it was decided to have the ZIP codes of the respective Military State be numerically close to the ZIP code of the city where the mail processing facility is located. This allowed the USPS automated sorting equipment to funnel the Military Mail to the proper city where the respective mail processing facility is located.

Once the Military Mail arrives at the respective mail processing facility, it is further sorted by Postal Service Center, APO/FPO and ZIP code. After that, the USPS "hands it off" to their Military equivalent in a branch of the Armed Forces after transport via contract air carrier and delivery to the overseas APOs and FPOs. For APOs, either the Army or Air Force provides personnel. For FPOs, the Navy does the job.

At each APO or FPO, there is an equivalent to "a-real-honest-to-goodness-Post Office" staffed by members of the respective branch of service. While the layout of each APO/FPO varies by location, suffice it to say they look and operate just like a "real" Post Office. In fact, they have to, since we are talking about U.S. Mail. Each APO/FPO address holder has a mail lock box in which their mail is slotted. Since parcels can't fit in these boxes, delivery or notification slips, just like "real" ones, are put in the boxes whenever a parcel arrives.

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Generic APO/FPO Restrictions

Most APO/FPO addresses have the following general restrictions:

Packages may not exceed 70 lbs. (Some zip codes have lower limits)

Packages may not exceed 130 inches in combined length and girth. (This means if you have a package that is 100" in length and 40" when you measure around it, you cannot send the item)

All packages must be sent via the U.S. Postal System. The post office also requires companies or individuals to hand deliver packages being sent to APO/FPO addresses. (This is one reason why many merchants won't ship to APO/FPO addresses.)

Firearms, alcohol, perishable foodstuffs and certain hazardous items also are restricted. Each zip code has a more detailed list of the restrictions for certain types of products.