Is lithium battery a dangerous goods?

According to the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations and the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, the ICAO Technical Rules for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and other international regulations, lithium batteries belong to Class 9 Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods (miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances).

Lithium battery classification:

There are mainly 3 types of conventional lithium batteries, including lithium metal batteries, lithium ion batteries, batteries containing both lithium metal primary cells and lithium ion cells.

Export of equipment containing lithium batteries, do lithium batteries need to do "dangerous package certificate"?

According to the United Nations TDG regulations, the capacity of lithium batteries should be considered, if the capacity is large, it is necessary to do the "dangerous package certificate", while the capacity is small, it is not necessary.

According to the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, lithium batteries that require the use of dangerous goods packaging: lithium metal or lithium alloy batteries, lithium content greater than 1 gram, for lithium metal or lithium alloy battery pack, the total lithium content greater than 2 grams; lithium ion batteries, watt-hour rating of more than 20Wh, for lithium ion battery pack, watt -hour rating exceeds 100Wh.

As the export of lithium batteries involves more policies and regulations and technical requirements for packaging of goods, enterprises can consult the relevant customs departments in advance to understand the regulatory standards, declaration process, packaging requirements. Customs will guide enterprises to handle the export of dangerous goods business, improve customs clearance efficiency, and help more high-quality, Chinese-made new energy products export.