On April 1, 2022, the new regulations on air transportation of lithium batteries will be officially implemented

According to the requirements of the "Dangerous Goods Air Transport Regulations IATA DGR (Version 63)" newly released in January 2022, starting from April 1, 2022, small lithium batteries can only be transported by air in accordance with PI965 IA, PI965 IB or PI968 IA, PI968 IB. The method requires transportation, and the requirements of Part II of PI965 and PI968 are abolished, and the lithium-ion labels and cargo aircraft-only labels that originally meet the requirements will also be abolished. This new change does not apply to air transport, ADR (road), RID (rail) or IMDG (sea) where the lithium battery is contained in the device or where the lithium battery is packaged with the device.

The following are examples of wrong packaging photos:

The correct label size is as shown below:

There are three situations for single package of lithium-ion battery products, which are:

Case 1: Lithium battery watt-hour < 2.7Wh, net weight = 2.5 kg;

Case 2: The watt-hour of the cell is >2.7Wh, ≤20Wh, and eight cells are packed;

Case 3: Battery watt-hour > 2.7Wh, ≤ 100Wh, package 2 batteries;

The new regulations are shown in the diagram below:

There are three situations for the transportation of a single package of lithium metal battery products, namely:

Case 1: Lithium content < 0.3 g, net weight = 2.5 kg;

Case 2: The lithium content of the battery cell is > 0.3 g ≤ 1 g, and 8 cells are packaged;

Case 3: The lithium content of the battery is > 0.3 g ≤ 2 g, and 2 batteries are packaged;

The new regulations are shown in the diagram below: