---
type: provision
id: lithium-batteries-including-lithium-batteries-contained-in-equipment-5
asset: lithium-battery-shipping-limits
title: "(5) — Lithium battery shipping limits (49 CFR 173.185)"
sources:
  - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185
source_quote: "( 5 ) Lithium batteries, including lithium batteries contained in equipment, that weigh 12 kg (26.5 pounds) or more and have a strong, impact-resistant outer casing, may be packed in strong outer packagings, in protective enclosures (for example, in fully enclosed or wooden slatted crates), or on pallets or other handling devices, instead of packages meeting the UN performance packaging requirements in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(ii)> paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) and <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(iii)> (iii) of this section."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-03
stale_after: 2027-01-30
provision: "(5)"
applies_to: "Lithium batteries, including lithium batteries contained in equipment"
threshold: "12 kg (26.5 pounds)"
requirement: "may be packed in strong outer packagings, in protective enclosures (for example, in fully enclosed or wooden slatted crates), or on pallets or other handling devices, instead of packages meeting the UN performance packaging requirements"
---
**Provision:** (5)

**Applies to:** Lithium batteries, including lithium batteries contained in equipment

**Threshold:** 12 kg (26.5 pounds)

**Requirement:** may be packed in strong outer packagings, in protective enclosures (for example, in fully enclosed or wooden slatted crates), or on pallets or other handling devices, instead of packages meeting the UN performance packaging requirements

> ( 5 ) Lithium batteries, including lithium batteries contained in equipment, that weigh 12 kg (26.5 pounds) or more and have a strong, impact-resistant outer casing, may be packed in strong outer packagings, in protective enclosures (for example, in fully enclosed or wooden slatted crates), or on pallets or other handling devices, instead of packages meeting the UN performance packaging requirements in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(ii)> paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) and <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(iii)> (iii) of this section.

Source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185>