{"id":7,"date":"2026-10-31T23:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/shipping-lithium-batteries-from-china-by-air\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T23:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:21:54","slug":"shipping-lithium-batteries-from-china-by-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/shipping-lithium-batteries-from-china-by-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping Lithium Batteries and DG Cargo from China by Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium batteries are classified as dangerous goods for air transport. Whether a shipment moves as UN3481 (packed with or contained in equipment) or as standalone cells changes the documentation and the carrier acceptance route.<\/p>\n<h2>Documents normally required<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MSDS and UN38.3 test summary for the cell or battery model.<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous goods declaration and correctly marked cartons.<\/li>\n<li>Commercial invoice and packing list matching the declared configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Packing affects cost<\/h2>\n<p>DG acceptance often requires dedicated handling and, for larger consignments, cargo aircraft only routing. Tell us the battery configuration early so we can match you with a carrier that accepts the shipment instead of rebooking later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN3481, MSDS and DG declaration requirements for lithium battery air shipments from China, and how packing changes the freight cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cargo316.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}