Battery shipping documentation: test summary, SDS and labels

Shipping lithium batteries requires correct classification, packaging, marking and an available UN 38.3 test summary. Carriers may add requirements.

Who does what

Labs run UN 38.3 tests and help prepare the summary. Classification and shipping are the shipper's responsibility, often with a trained dangerous goods specialist.

Standards scope summaries only. Test reports, certifications and transport classification are different outcomes; editions and market requirements change.