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".

Note:

  • Lithium ion cells or batteries must be offered for transport at a state of charge (SoC) not exceeding 30% of their rated capacity.

  • Lithium ion cells or batteries with a state of charge greater than 30% of their rated capacity may only be offered for transport, on cargo aircraft only, with the prior approval of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator under the written conditions established by those authorities.
     
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).

  •  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 no more than 5kg:

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Surcharges

IDG surcharge: Yes.

Other surcharges may be applied depend on your shipment’s requirements. Click here for further details.

Origins and Destinations

Customers can drop off shipments at FedEx Stations. Click here to find your nearest FedEx Stations.
 

Ship from Hong Kong SAR, China

Origin locations Accepted
Hong Kong SAR, China Yes
Destination Accepted Locations
Australia Yes All locations
China No None
France Yes Some locations*
Germany Yes All locations
Guam Yes All locations
India1 Yes Some locations*
Indonesia No None
Japan Yes All locations
Malaysia Yes Some locations*
New Zealand Yes Some locations*
Philippines4 Yes Some locations*
Singapore Yes All locations
South Korea Yes All locations
Taiwan, China Yes All locations
Thailand6 Yes Some locations*
UAE Yes All locations
USA5 Yes All locations
Vietnam Yes Some locations*

Ship to Hong Kong SAR, China

Destination locations Accepted
Hong Kong SAR, China Yes
Origin Accepted Locations
Australia Yes All locations
China No None
France Yes Some locations*
Germany Yes All locations
Guam Yes All locations
India1 Yes Some locations*
Indonesia2 Yes Some locations*
Japan3 Yes All locations
Malaysia Yes Some locations*
New Zealand Yes Some locations*
Philippines4 Yes Some locations*
Singapore Yes All locations
South Korea Yes All locations
Taiwan, China Yes All locations
Thailand Yes Some locations*
UAE Yes All locations
USA5 Yes All locations
Vietnam Yes Some locations*

1 India: Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore with Broker Select Option and Hold at Airport.

2 Indonesia: Only accept from Jakarta and Batam.

3 Japan: Only accept from Sanbu-Gun Shibayama-Machi only

4 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.

5 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.

6 Thailand: Lithium battery shipments to 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.

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