---
type: restriction
id: usps-empty-compressed-gas-containers-unused-new
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "Empty compressed gas containers — unused/new — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_021.htm
source_quote: "Empty, unused (i.e., new) containers are mailable without restriction."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "Empty compressed gas containers — unused/new"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "all mail"
conditions: "Mailable without restriction"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, item_category
---
**Item category:** Empty compressed gas containers — unused/new

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** all mail

**Conditions:** Mailable without restriction

> Empty, unused (i.e., new) containers are mailable without restriction.

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_021.htm>