Cell phone export needs to be defined by battery hazard property

Recently, the inspection and quarantine department found in the daily inspection and supervision that some mobile phone export enterprises did not understand the dangerous attributes of lithium batteries placed on their mobile phones due to lack of understanding of the relevant regulations for the packaging and transportation of dangerous goods, and packed and shipped them as ordinary goods, resulting in mobile phones. Export blocked.

When mobile phones are exported, lithium batteries are generally attached. According to the “Rules for the Transport of Dangerous Goods” of the United Nations, lithium batteries, lithium batteries packed in equipment or packed together with equipment must be tested according to dangerous attributes to determine whether they belong to dangerous goods. The test results directly determine the way the mobile phone is packaged and transported.

In this regard, the inspection and quarantine department reminded relevant companies to apply for the export of mobile phone packaging performance results, should indicate whether the export of mobile phones with lithium batteries. For mobile phones carrying lithium batteries, mobile phone manufacturers should send lithium batteries to qualified laboratories in advance to define the dangerous properties of the batteries. If the dangerous goods are used to define the packaging of ordinary goods, the mobile phone and the lithium batteries attached to the batteries can be packaged as ordinary goods. Inspection; If the dangerous property is defined as dangerous goods, the mobile phone and the lithium battery it attaches shall be applied for packaging inspection according to the requirements of the dangerous goods. Lithium batteries without export, can apply for packaging inspection in accordance with ordinary goods.