Packing Instruction Type :

966 Section I | UN3481

What you need to know to ship lithium batteries?

Required Documents

  • Shipper's Declaration required.

  • Indicate as below in FedEx air waybill:

    • "Dangerous Goods as per associated Shippers Declaration" and "Cargo Aircraft Only".

 

Shipper's Declaration

Required Packaging and Labelling

  • UN specification packaging required as follows:

    Cells and/or Batteries must:
    • be completely enclosed in inner packagings then placed in UN Specification packaging that meets Packing Group II performance standards, then placed with the equipment in a strong rigid outer packaging (Figure 1); or
    • be completely enclosed in inner packagings then placed with equipment in UN Specification packaging that meets Packing Group II performance standards. (Figure 2)

    Note: A strong rigid outer package (Figure 1) need not bear a UN Specification Mark e.g. 4G/Y25.5/S/19/US/LM825
  • Class 9 Lithium Batteries or Sodium Ion Batteries Label (Figure 3) with a CAO Label (Figure 4) affixed on the same surface.
  • The number of batteries in each package must not exceed the appropriate number for the equipment's operation plus two spare sets.

 

If net quantity of batteries per package is above 5kg and no more than 35kg:

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Surcharges

IDG surcharge: Yes.

 

Other surcharges may apply depending on your shipping requirements. Click here for further details.

Origins and Destinations

Customers can drop off shipments at FedEx World Service Center® locations. Click here to find your nearest FedEx World Service Centre®.

FedEx Authorized Service Center® locations do not accept any lithium battery shipments.

The following list of origin and destination locations is indicative only.

If a city/country does not appear on this list, contact Customer Service to verify if your lithium battery shipment can be accepted to/from that city/country.

Ship from Australia

Origin locations Accepted
Sydney  Yes
Melbourne Yes
Brisbane Yes
Gold Coast Yes
Adelaide Yes
Perth Yes
Canberra Yes
Destination Accepted Locations
China No None
France Yes Some locations*
Germany Yes All locations
Guam No None
Hong Kong SAR, China Yes All locations
India Yes All locations
Indonesia No None
Japan Yes All locations
Malaysia Yes Some locations*
New Zealand Yes Some locations*
Philippines1 Yes Some locations*
Singapore Yes All locations
South Korea Yes All locations
Taiwan, China Yes All locations
Thailand2 Yes Some locations*
UAE Yes All locations
USA3 Yes All locations
Vietnam Yes Some locations*

Ship to Australia

Destination locations Accepted
Sydney Yes
Melbourne Yes
Brisbane Yes
Gold Coast Yes
Adelaide Yes
Perth Yes
Canberra Yes
Origin Accepted Locations
China No None
France Yes Some locations*
Germany Yes All locations
Guam No None
Hong Kong SAR, China Yes All locations
India No None
Indonesia Yes Some locations*
Japan Yes All locations
Malaysia Yes Some locations*
New Zealand Yes Some locations*
Philippines1 Yes Some locations*
Singapore Yes All locations
South Korea Yes All locations
Taiwan, China Yes All locations
Thailand2 Yes Some locations*
UAE Yes All locations
USA3 Yes All locations
Vietnam Yes Some locations*

1 Philippines: Service limited to BNQ (Pasay City), CUJ (Cavite), CYU (Clark), CYZ (Quezon City), LWA(Laguna), MNL(Manila), PAG(Pasig) and SFE(Subic) locations only.

2 Thailand: Lithium battery shipment to locations HHQX (Bangna, Samutprakarn), NAKA (Nakorn Ratchasima), HKTA (Phuket), CNXA (Chiang Mai) and LPTA (Lumpoon) must use Broker Select Option service only (no FedEx clearance and no FedEx delivery). Lithium battery shipments have a daily storage fee.

3 ALASKA (USA):

  • Dangerous goods are prohibited to/from locations BRW and PUO in Anchorage, Alaska. This includes all Section II lithium battery shipments bearing the Lithium Battery Mark.

  • Dangerous goods are prohibited to/from locations Juneau (JNU), Ketchikan (KTN), and Sitka (SIT) however Section II lithium batteries bearing the Lithium Battery Mark without the CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label can be accepted to/from these locations.

HAWAII (USA): Dangerous goods are prohibited to/from the Kalaupapa area of the island of Molokai however Section II lithium batteries bearing the Lithium Battery Mark without the CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label can be accepted to/from these locations.

* Contact Customer Service for details of cities where this commodity is accepted.