Customers can take to their local post office packages containing lithium batteries installed in electronic devices that are bound for many international destinations and army apo fleet fpo and diplomatic post office dpo locations.
Lithium ion battery sticker for shipping.
One of the thorniest topics in pub 52 is lithium batteries.
Lithium ion cells 20 wh lithium ion batteries 100 wh.
It should be 12 mm high and shipper must complete phone number portion of label.
This ifr generally harmonizes the 49 cfr with the icao technical instructions for the safe transport.
Damaged defective or recalled batteries are forbidden for air transport.
Lithium ion battery or lithium metal battery and shipper must complete phone number.
Shipping of lithium ion cells 60 wh and batteries 300 wh and lithium metal cells 5 grams lithium per cell and 25 grams per battery as fully regulated class 9 hazardous materials.
Distinctive handling label lithium metal batteries.
If you ship what we call excepted lithium batteries you will need to start using the lithium battery mark seen below.
This includes class 9 batteries that are packed with and contained in equipment.
The long awaited dot phmsa interim final rule ifr enhancing the safety provisions for lithium batteries transported by aircraft appeared in the federal register this week on march 6th.
For information on specific country restrictions please see the postal explorer or the individual country listings of the international mail manual.
For smaller packages that can only bear smaller labels the label dimensions may be 105 mm wide 74 mm high.
For the purposes of the dgr they are separated into.
Extra label required for shipping lithium ion batteries.
Excepted cells batteries are defined as.
As more new e commerce companies depend on cheap efficient rechargeable battery power transport of lithium batteries by mail will only grow.
Iata lithium battery guidance document 2020 apcs cargo page 2 12 12 2019 definitions lithium battery the term lithium battery refers to a family of batteries with different chemistries comprising many types of cathodes and electrolytes.
However batteries which have some other defective feature e g batteries with the incorrect model number on the label or batteries not holding enough charge could still be shipped by air.
Lithium ion battery warning label 4x2 inch for lithium ion transport shipping and mailing white 1 roll 300 labels per roll 5 0 out of 5 stars 3 10 46 10.