E-Book10 chapters # Lithium Battery Shipping Handbook (UN38.3) A lithium battery shipping handbook: UN numbers, watt-hour limits, UN38.3 testing and test summaries, DOT/PHMSA rules, IATA packing, marks and labels. A hardware seller ships five undeclared lithium-ion batteries through a major carrier. No dangerous goods declaration, no lithium battery mark, no Class 9 label. The package sits in a sorting facility before it starts emitting smoke and flame. This isn't hypothetical — it's a real 2025 FAA enforcement case, and it cost that company sixty thousand dollars in federal penalties alone. This book exists to make sure that specific, entirely preventable failure never happens to you. It walks through UN38.3 testing and its eight required tests, DOT and PHMSA's 49 CFR classification and packaging rules, and IATA's Dangerous Goods Regulations — including the newly mandatory January 2026 thirty-percent state-of-charge rule — from first principles to complete practical compliance: watt-hour and lithium-content thresholds, packing instructions and the post-2022 Section II changes, marking and labeling, the Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods, and the distinct rules governing ground, air, ocean, and USPS shipment. From there, the book covers damaged, defective, and recalled battery handling, large batteries and e-bikes under the new state-of-charge rule, hazmat employee training obligations, PHMSA registration thresholds, three real 2025 FAA enforcement cases with their actual fine amounts, and a complete worked compliance walkthrough for a power bank hardware startup. Extended chapters cover supplier due diligence, building a repeatable compliance process, e-commerce platform policies including Amazon FBA's hazmat review, customs and import considerations, insurance implications, contract manufacturer agreements, working with freight forwarders and third-party logistics providers, international returns, and certification confusions between UN38.3 and CE, UL, or FCC marks. Every chapter closes with a knowledge check drawn from the companion video course, a full worked compliance walkthrough ties every requirement together end to end, and eight appendices turn the book's worksheets into templates you can put to work on your own product catalog immediately. This book contains the use of artificial intelligence. ## What you'll learn * Classify any lithium battery product under the correct UN number and packing instruction for its shipping mode * Verify and interpret UN38.3 test summary documentation, including the eight required tests and six required elements * Calculate watt-hour and lithium content ratings against DOT/PHMSA and IATA exception thresholds * Apply the new mandatory 2026 thirty-percent state-of-charge rule and know exactly which shipments it covers * Build compliant marking, labeling, and Shipper's Declaration documentation for ground, air, and ocean shipments * Handle damaged, defective, and recalled batteries under the correct restricted shipping regime * Build a repeatable, owned compliance process, recurring calendar, and audit-ready documentation system * Recognize the real failure patterns behind 2025 FAA enforcement actions and avoid them in your own operation $24.99 One-time purchase · Read in browser · No subscription * Classify any lithium battery product under the correct UN number and packing instruction for its shipping mode * Verify and interpret UN38.3 test summary documentation, including the eight required tests and six required elements * Calculate watt-hour and lithium content ratings against DOT/PHMSA and IATA exception thresholds Buy for $24.99 Secure checkout via Paddle Not what you expected? 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Built from a regulatory graph already at work 1,601 users this week 658 guides 323 product types 9 markets ## Chapters Read Chapter 1 free → 1 US Lithium Battery Shipping Compliance: The Big Picture Start here even if you already ship lithium battery products today. 2 Knowledge Checks Every knowledge check from every chapter of this book, gathered here for a fast, complete review before you put this compliance process into practice. 3 Appendix A — UN38.3 & Supplier Verification Tracker 4 Appendix B — Classification & Packing Instruction Worksheet 5 Appendix C — Shipping Method & Carrier Decision Guide 6 Appendix D — DDR (Damaged, Defective & Recalled) Battery Handling Checklist 7 Appendix E — Compliance Calendar Template 8 Appendix F — Audit-Readiness Checklist 9 Appendix G — Marking & Labeling Compliance Checklist 10 Appendix H — New Supplier Due Diligence Questionnaire Buy for $24.99 ## Want the full video course? 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