Easy Ship – Dangerous goods identification guide

Dangerous goods (also called dangerous goods or dangerous goods) are substances or materials that might pose a risk to health, safety, property or the environment while storing, handling or transporting because they contain flammable, pressurised, corrosive or otherwise harmful substances. For detailed information on Amazon’s policy regarding dangerous goods and your responsibilities as a seller, refer to the following:

While the term “dangerous good” is often attributed to highly corrosive or toxic products, it also refers to consumer products used on a daily basis by millions of people (such as laptops, phones, household cleaners or even cosmetics). It is extremely important for Amazon to gather information about products regulated as dangerous goods or that contain possibly harmful chemicals to prevent any eventual safety-related incident that could occur while handling, storing or transporting these items.

For a non-exhaustive list of common dangerous goods per product category, refer to Easy Ship – Examples of products that might be regulated as dangerous goods.

Watch the following videos in Seller University to know more about dangerous goods:

• Information on Dangerous Goods
• Dangerous Goods Awareness

Dangerous goods regulations

Dangerous goods are regulated in India by the following:

• The Central Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
• Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989
• International Air Transport Association's Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR)
• Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Technical Instructions)
• International Maritime Organisation's International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)
• The Aircraft (Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Rules, 2003
• The Aircraft (Security ) Rules , 2011

Other regulations

• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and The Hazardous Substances (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2011
• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
• The Petroleum Act, 1934 and The explosives Act, 1884
• Depending upon your location, other dangerous goods regulations may apply, such as
  • Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substance and mixtures (CLP)
  • Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling (GHS)
  • Other country-specific and local laws or regulations

Dangerous goods and your responsibilities as a seller

All dangerous goods must comply with all applicable laws and regulations to ensure that they are transported, stored, handled and labelled safely and correctly. Failure to comply exposes employees, carriers and customers to potential health and safety risks.

In order to sell dangerous goods via Easy Ship fulfilment, you must:

• Stay informed about the current relevant laws and regulations regulating dangerous goods.
• Provide complete and correct information about your products.
• Provide complete, correct and up-to-date Safety Data Sheets (Safety data sheet) and exemption sheets.

Identifying dangerous goods

Dangerous Goods are divided into nine classes (with several subdivisions) on the basis of the specific characteristics producing the risk. Please note that some of the classes/divisions listed below are not allowed for Easy Ship fulfilment.

Dangerous goods allowed for sale through Easy Ship

As a seller selling through Amazon, you must ensure that the dangerous goods that you are delivering comply with all applicable laws and regulations. You may sell the following dangerous goods through Easy Ship:

Class	Division	Name	Transport Label	UN ID	Product description	Examples
9	-	Miscellaneous dangerous substances		UN3480 UN3481 UN3090 UN3091	Lithium batteries	Power banks, cameras, mobile phones, battery chargers
				UN2807	Magnetised Material	Speakers less than 30 cm in diameter, big magnets

You may send additional dangerous goods in compliance with the Easy Ship Programmes Terms and Conditions. Eligible products may be carried by Amazon as long as they are:

• Compliant with Easy Ship Programmes Terms and Conditions
• Packed in limited quantities (as defined in the latest version of IATA DGR)
• In New condition only

Please note for some eligible products, Amazon reserves the right to not deliver through EasyShip services, even in limited quantities.

The following classes are approved for Easy Ship services in limited quantities only:

Class	Division	Name	Transport label	Hazard pictogram
2	2.1	Flammable gases
	2.2	Non-flammable, non-toxic gases
3	-	Flammable gases
4	4.1	Flammable solids
5	5.1	Oxidizers
	5.2	Organic peroxides
6	6.1	Toxic substances
8	-	Corrosive substances
9	-	Miscellaneous dangerous substances

The following classes are prohibited for Easy Ship services:

Class	Division	Name	Transport label	Hazard pictogram
1	-	Explosive substances
2	2.3	Toxic gas
4	4.2	Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
	4.3	Substances dangerous when wet
6	6.2	Infectious substances
7	-	Radioactive material

Finding additional information about products that may be regulated as dangerous goods

Warning labels or warning phrases on a product package indicate that it might be regulated as a dangerous good. Some products that are regulated as dangerous goods do not require warning labels or phrases (cosmetics and speakers containing magnetised material, for example). The absence of any labels or warnings does not mean that they are not dangerous goods.

If you think your product might be regulated as a dangerous good, contact the manufacturer or supplier and ask if your product is regulated. The manufacturer is required to provide you with a complete Safety Data Sheet (Safety data sheet) for all regulated products and you must, in turn, provide it to Amazon via the Upload dangerous goods documents tool.

Once your document is uploaded, our Dangerous Goods team will review it and classify your product accordingly as long as the information is complete and accurate. To know more about the review process, refer to Easy Ship – Dangerous goods review process.

To know more about the dangerous good documentation you must provide for your products, refer to Easy Ship – Required dangerous good information and documentation.

For more information on dangerous goods, refer to:

• CMV: http://morth.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=99&sublinkid=58&lang=1
• IATA: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/index.aspx

Dangerous goods identification guide – Additional resources

• Easy Ship – Examples of products that may be regulated as dangerous goods
• Easy Ship – Dangerous goods review process
• Easy Ship – Requirements for lithium batteries and products that ship with lithium batteries
• Easy Ship – Required dangerous good information and documentation