Exports or imports of Dangerous Goods in the UPS Small Package service including shipments of Excepted Quantities, and Biological Substances, Category B, will be accepted by contract only. When shipping packages requiring an IATA Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods, combination packagings must be used and packages must not exceed 30 kg gross weight. When applicable, not more than three compatible different dangerous goods may be contained in one outer packaging (5.0.2.11). Other than specifically approved shipments of Dangerous Goods in Excepted Quantities, the following classes/divisions of Dangerous Goods are prohibited from UPS international small package service:
•Class 1 (Explosives)
•Division 2.3 (Toxic Gas)
•Division 4.2 (Spontaneously Combustible)
•Division 4.3 (Dangerous When Wet)
•Division 5.1 (Oxidizer)
•Division 5.2 (Organic Peroxide)
•Division 6.1—Substances requiring a “Toxic” label
Shipments of UN 1230, Methanol and UN 3506, Mercury contained in manufactured articles will be accepted only when the packages do not require a “Toxic” sub-risk label.
•Division 6.2 (Infectious Substances, Category A)
•Class 7—Substances requiring a “Radioactive” White–I, Yellow–II, Yellow–III, or Fissile label. —Radioactive Material, Excepted Package shipments are also prohibited.
•Class 9—
—A contract is required for shipments of UN 3480, Lithium ion batteries, and UN 3090, Lithium metal batteries, prepared in accordance with Section IB of Packing Instructions 965 and 968, respectively. Such shipments must be tendered with a fully completed Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods with “IB” indicated in the “Authorisations” area of the document following the packing instruction number.
—Shipments of UN 2807, Magnetized material which conform to Packing Instruction 953 can be shipped only to, from, and within the countries identified on the following link: http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/idg/information/acl.html. Additionally, such shipments must be labelled in accordance with Packing Instruction 953 and documented in one of the following ways:
–Identified as “Magnetized material” in a Package Reference field on the UPS Shipping Label; or
–Accompanied by a written document, affixed to the outside of the package, identifying the contents as “Magnetized material”.
–Accompanied by a document, affixed to the outside of the package in a resealable envelope, identifying the contents as “Magnetized material.”
–Accompanied by a document, affixed to the outside of the package in a resealable envelope, identifying the contents as “Magnetized material.”
•Complete information about UPS small package International Dangerous Goods service, including specific limitations per package, may be found at the link for UPS GUIDE FOR SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL DANGEROUS GOODS at the site identified in variation 5X-01.
(see 1.3.2, 8.1.6.9.1 and 10.8.3.9.1).
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