USPS Banning International Shipments Of Battery Powered Items May 16th

[martinc]

Appendix C 

Appendix C,class 9D

Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials: Lithium and Lithium-ion Cells and batteries

AW IMR are not in the description,see for yourselves...the packages have to be shipped as class 9D hazard,simple.

Does this mean higher shipping costs? No idea.

Its all there.

Its just a new regulation,the end of ship anything any ways and lax ways of work.

Lets put this to urban myth classification and misinformed trollage

 

[martinc]

Furthermore:

334.2 Mailability

Hazardous materials in Class 3, Division 4.1, Division 4.2 (Packing Groups II and III only), Division 4.3 (Packing Groups II and III only), Division 5.1, Division 5.2, Division 6.1 (Packing Groups II and III only), Class 8, and Class 9 are eligible to be sent in the domestic mail under the small quantity provision only when each primary receptacle is limited to the following quantity, as applicable:
a.30 ml (1 oz) or less for liquids other than Division 6.1 (Packing Group I) materials.
b.30 g (1 oz) or less for solids other than Division 6.1 (Packing Group I) materials.
c.1 g (0.04 oz) or less for Division 6.1 (Packing Group I) materials.

334.3 Packaging and Marking

Hazardous materials eligible to be shipped under the small quantity provision permitted in 49 CFR and 334.2 must be prepared following Packaging Instruction 10A in Appendix C. Each mailpiece that qualifies to be sent under the small quantity provision must be clearly marked on the address side with the following words: “This package conforms to 49 CFR 173.4.”

 

[martinc]

As I see it,batteries and such that falls under that law are not to be imported in large quantities within USPS means of transportation (mostly airplanes) but small quantities can given the proper paperwork.

Now what does that implies,others might have to shim-in,enough legwork for me

 

[Bdbodger]

Did you read the article? Clearly not.

I had to return an ego battery and the person at the postal site almost wasn't going to let me send it but after she reread what ever it was she allowed it . She said it applied to things where the battery was in the item and not just in the same package . I don't know how it work for UPS or fed-ex I received an ipad which of course had the battery in it . I guess the article means this will change although I don't know exactly how it affects items sent to the USA and not sent from the USA . Maybe they will send it back at customs . Or change Canadian policy as well . This I guess is only USPS and Canada post we are talking about .