Properly declared hazardous packages (USPS HazMat Handling Fee)
For Properly declared hazardous packages (USPS HazMat Handling Fee), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, Ground Advantage, Parcel Select (from July 12, 2026); conditions is A HazMat Handling Fee applies to properly declared hazardous packages: $7.50 each on Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail, and $0 initially on USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select; the $50 noncompliance fee applies per package when hazmat is detected undeclared, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Item category
- Properly declared hazardous packages (USPS HazMat Handling Fee) verified
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, Ground Advantage, Parcel Select (from July 12, 2026) our reading
- Conditions
- A HazMat Handling Fee applies to properly declared hazardous packages: $7.50 each on Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail, and $0 initially on USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select; the $50 noncompliance fee applies per package when hazmat is detected undeclared. verified
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What the source says
A companion fee — the HazMat Handling Fee — also applies to properly declared hazardous packages: $7.50 each on Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail, and $0 initially on USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select, with the option for USPS to raise the ground-class fee in the future.
— selleressentials.com, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- selleressentials.comhttps://selleressentials.com/usps-hazmat-noncompliance-fee-2026/