In the shipping business, dangerous goods aren’t just limited to sharp materials, chemicals and weapons, dangerous goods can be anything that, these items may not be dangerous in their day to day use but the can become dangerous when they are visible to strange movement, temperature changes, and atmospheric pressure adjustment.
For modern eCommerce stores, the most common dangerous goods are lithium-ion batteries, these are sent internationally and exact labeling processes are needed to make sure a safe shipment in international freight. Internal airlines are having issues fires because of lithium batteries.
These goods need to be handled with extreme care and attention of its dangerous nature and any mis-declaration, mis-communication or improper documentation could have severe consequences and could prove disastrous to human lives on shore or on a ship.
UPS and FedEx have slightly different rules concerning dangerous goods, this is subject to the volume of the package.
What Are Prohibited Items?
Certain items cannot be received, stored, shipped, imported and/or exported due to regulatory, hazard, safety or other reasons. Transactions involving these commodities are strictly prohibited, regardless of origin or destination.
Please note: Prohibited items are forbidden to be exported from the origin country or territory or imported to the destination country or territory.
· One-of-a-kind/irreplaceable articles such as artwork valued over US$500,000 each
· Flammables with a flash point of 140 degrees Fahrenheit or less
· Auto parts with fluids in them
· Fine jewelry
· Furs
· Pornography/obscene material
· Precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum in the form of bullion, coins or ingots
· Weapons and weapons accessories
· Bullion and money of every description such as (but without prejudice to the generality of this clause) cash, bank notes, coins, currency notes or currency of any kind
· Stamps (postage or revenue); vouchers; tokens; tickets of any kind; and credit, debit or cash cards
· Time-sensitive or critical written materials or documents including, but not limited to, bids and contract proposals
· Contraband including, but not limited to, illicit drugs and counterfeit goods
· Livestock, bloodstock and living animals
· Human remains
· Division 1.1 Explosives (e.g., mines and nitroglycerine)
· Division 1.2 Explosives (e.g., rockets and warheads)
· Division 1.3 Explosives (e.g., smoke signals, projectiles and commercial fireworks)
· Division 1.5 Explosives (e.g., blasting agents)
· Division 1.6 Explosives
· Division 2.3 Toxic Gas
· Division 6.2 Infectious Substances
· Class 7 Radioactive Material including White I, Yellow II, Yellow III and fissile material
What are the Restricted Items?
Certain items have regulatory, hazard, safety or other considerations and require approval from Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management and Legal departments prior to handling. Transactions involving these commodities are restricted, regardless of origin or destination.
Please note: Restricted items may require special permits or licenses prior to their sale, export from or import to your specified country or territory.
· Class 3 Flammable Liquids
· Division 1.4 Explosives (e.g., airbags, small arms ammunition and model rocket motors
· Division 2.2 Non-Flammable, Non-Toxic Gas
· Division 4.1 Flammable Solids
· Any transaction involving International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or other commodities subject to import licenses
· Artwork, archeological artifacts and antiquities
· Biological agents, etiological agents, and hosts and vectors of human disease
· Class 8 Corrosives
· Class 9 Miscellaneous (e.g., self-inflating life rafts, lithium batteries and dry ice)
· Division 2.1 Flammable Gas
· Division 4.2 Spontaneously Combustible Flammable Solids
· Division 4.3 Dangerous When Wet Flammable Solids
· Division 5.1 Oxidizers
· Division 5.2 Organic Peroxides
· Division 6.1 Toxic Substances (solid or liquid)
· Flowers
· Fresh foodstuffs
· Gems, cut or uncut
· Hazardous materials/dangerous goods and radioactive materials
· Household goods and personal effects
· Lithium ion and lithium metal batteries
· Medical Devices – must verify that the accepting warehouse complies with state requirements/ licensing/permits for distribution of medical devices
· Microchips, computer chips, microprocessors, central processing units (CPUs) and mobile telephones
· One-of-a-kind/irreplaceable articles such as artwork valued between US$250,000 and US$500,000 each and other single items valued at US$250,000 and higher
· Other perishables
· Pharmaceuticals
· Precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum in the form of scrap, dust, sulfides, residue, industrial preparations such as silver powder and silver termination paste, and jewelry
· Project cargo
· Retail tobacco products
· Tranquilizing guns and ammunition
· Transportation moves for and on behalf of the U.S. government/Department of Defense contract products or other governmental agencies, wherever located, that require specific licensing in advance of any move
This also goes the same with USPS, The following articles are prohibited from shipment to all countries served by UPS:
· Ammunition (except as expressly provided in the "UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service - United States" beginning on page 136)
· Bank bills, notes or currency (other than coin)
· Corpses, cremated or disinterred remains
· Fireworks
· Hazardous waste
· Ivory
· Marijuana, including marijuana intended for medicinal use
· Postage stamps
· Shark fins
· Shipments prohibited by law
· Watches exceeding the value of 500USD
Shipping prohibited articles on a contractual basis with UPS
Certain items listed as prohibited will be accepted by UPS on a contractual basis for shippers with regular volume and the ability to comply with all applicable regulations.
The items they can carry under certain criteria are:
· Alcoholic Beverages
· Animal products, non-domesticated (e.g., mother of pearl inlay, snakeskin watch bands)
· Articles of high/unusual value
· Biological substances, Category B and exempt human or animal specimens
· Dangerous goods
· Electronic cigarettes
· Firearms and weapons (including inert and replica explosive weapons) Furs 皮草
· Gold or other precious metals
· Live animals
· Perishables
· Personal effects
· Plants
· Seeds
· Tobacco
Not all commodities can be shipped to all countries.
Pack your goods with care
To explain, dangerous goods are categorized as “Hazardous” when they are a threat to transporting goods. If your goods is not well packages, this will be rejected or may be the reason for shipment delay. You need to well-pack your orders with care to safeguard damage free of the products while on shipment, this also includes personnel handling the package they are safe from harm. Packages should be well padded.
Make sure your documentation is complete
To conclude, there are many things to be aware when moving dangerous goods. At EzeeShip, our shipping service is to make constant communication with couriers to confirm that a dangerous goods can undergo. You also do the same, ask as much as you can about your shipment. Make an intensive research, pack the goods securely, complete documents and no error labels, you are on the right path to ship those dangerous goods with no fail!
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