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".
- "Dangerous Goods as per associated Shippers 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:
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
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 New Zealand
| Origin locations | Accepted |
| Auckland | Yes |
| Hamilton | No |
| Tauranga | No |
| Napier | No |
| Wellington | No |
| Christchurch | No |
| Dunedin | No |
| Destination | Accepted | Locations |
| Australia | Yes | Some 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* |
| 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 New Zealand
| Destination locations | Accepted |
| Auckland | Yes |
| Hamilton | No |
| Tauranga | No |
| Napier | No |
| Wellington | No |
| Christchurch | No |
| Dunedin | No |
| Origin | Accepted | Locations |
| Australia | Yes | Some 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* |
| 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.