---
type: restriction
id: iata-air-lithium-metal-pi-968-cells-or-batteries-packed-alone-section-ii
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "Lithium metal (PI 968) cells or batteries packed alone — Section II — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://danielstraining.com/revised-packing-instructions-for-lithium-cells-and-batteries-effective-03-31-22/
source_quote: "Section II applied to: Lithium cells or batteries with a lithium content at or below the threshold amount and packed in a quantity that did not exceed that allowed in Section II, Table 965-II or Section II, Table 968-II, respectively."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "Lithium metal (PI 968) cells or batteries packed alone — Section II"
carrier: "IATA (air)"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "international air transport"
conditions: "REMOVED effective March 31, 2022. Section II previously exempted small lithium metal cells/batteries packed alone from full regulation (no training, no specification packaging). This exception no longer exists."
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category, scope
---
**Item category:** Lithium metal (PI 968) cells or batteries packed alone — Section II

**Carrier:** IATA (air)

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** international air transport

**Conditions:** REMOVED effective March 31, 2022. Section II previously exempted small lithium metal cells/batteries packed alone from full regulation (no training, no specification packaging). This exception no longer exists.

> Section II applied to: Lithium cells or batteries with a lithium content at or below the threshold amount and packed in a quantity that did not exceed that allowed in Section II, Table 965-II or Section II, Table 968-II, respectively.

Source: <https://danielstraining.com/revised-packing-instructions-for-lithium-cells-and-batteries-effective-03-31-22/>