Essential oils
For Essential oils, carrier is USPS; restriction type is hazmat declaration required; scope is commercial package shipments; conditions is Listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported; $7.50 hazmat handling fee for Priority Mail; $50 noncompliance fee for packages not properly declared and labeled across all commercial packages including Ground Advantage (effective July 12 2026), recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
- Item category
- Essential oils
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- hazmat declaration required our reading
- Scope
- commercial package shipments our reading
- Conditions
- Listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported; $7.50 hazmat handling fee for Priority Mail; $50 noncompliance fee for packages not properly declared and labeled across all commercial packages including Ground Advantage (effective July 12 2026) unconfirmed
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What the source says
Essential oils, nail polish (and nail polish remover), perfumes and colognes, hand sanitizer, inks, stains and varnishes, hairspray, and electronics with a lithium battery are among the products listed by the Department of Transportation as posing a significant safety risk while being transported.
— ecommercebytes.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
Source
- ecommercebytes.comhttps://www.ecommercebytes.com/2026/07/05/new-usps-noncompliance-fee-could-take-sellers-by-surprise/