# Properly declared hazardous packages (USPS HazMat Handling Fee) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

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: 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:** Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, Ground Advantage, Parcel Select (from July 12, 2026) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## 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/).