# Domestic retail and commercial packages containing HAZMAT · USPS — What can be mailed: USPS hazardous materials, plus item rules for post and couriers

For Domestic retail and commercial packages containing HAZMAT, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic; conditions is The fee will be charged at the time of mailing and applied to Priority Mail Express (PME), Priority Mail (PM), USPS Ground Advantage (GA), and Parcel Select (PS). Parcel Select and Ground Advantage will NOT be subject to the $7.50 hazmat handling fee, initially, recorded from its source on 2026-09-22.

- **Item or substance:** Domestic retail and commercial packages containing HAZMAT _(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:** domestic _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** The fee will be charged at the time of mailing and applied to Priority Mail Express (PME), Priority Mail (PM), USPS Ground Advantage (GA), and Parcel Select (PS). Parcel Select and Ground Advantage will NOT be subject to the $7.50 hazmat handling fee, initially. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Handling Fee – will apply to all domestic retail and commercial packages containing HAZMAT. The fee will be charged at the time of mailing and applied to Priority Mail Express (PME), Priority Mail (PM), USPS Ground Advantage (GA), and Parcel Select (PS). Parcel Select and Ground Advantage will NOT be subject to the $7.50 hazmat handling fee, initially.

## Source

- https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-07/INFORMATIONAL%20-%20Update%20Domestic%20HAZMAT%20Handling%20and%20Noncompliance.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-22. Review by: 2027-09-22.
Part of [What can be mailed: USPS hazardous materials, plus item rules for post and couriers](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).