# Commercial parcels — USPS Hazmat Quality compliance category — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Commercial parcels, item category is Commercial parcels — USPS Hazmat Quality compliance category; carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is all commercial parcels (from July 12, 2026); conditions is USPS created a Hazmat Quality (HQ) compliance category with a 100 percent compliance threshold; failing any threshold results in the Package Quality Noncompliance Fee or the Hazmat Noncompliance Fee, whichever is higher, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Commercial parcels — USPS Hazmat Quality compliance category _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all commercial parcels (from July 12, 2026) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** USPS created a Hazmat Quality (HQ) compliance category with a 100 percent compliance threshold; failing any threshold results in the Package Quality Noncompliance Fee or the Hazmat Noncompliance Fee, whichever is higher. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> USPS is creating a new compliance category called "Hazmat Quality" (HQ) with a 100 percent compliance threshold — meaning zero tolerance.

## Source

- https://selleressentials.com/usps-hazmat-noncompliance-fee-2026/

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).