Small consumer-type lithium-ion batteries in equipment (up to 20 Wh per cell, 100 Wh per battery)
What is the carrier for Small consumer-type lithium-ion batteries in equipment (up to 20 Wh per cell, 100 Wh per battery)?
For Small consumer-type lithium-ion batteries in equipment (up to 20 Wh per cell, 100 Wh per battery), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail via air and surface transportation; conditions is Mailable via air and surface; cells not to exceed 20 Wh, batteries not to exceed 100 Wh; up to 8 cells or 2 batteries per mailpiece; must display DOT-approved lithium battery mark, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
Small consumer-type lithium-ion cells and batteries (also called secondary lithium cells or batteries), such as those used to power cell phones and laptop computers, are only mailable domestically under the following conditions.
— pe.usps.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
- Item category
- Small consumer-type lithium-ion batteries in equipment (up to 20 Wh per cell, 100 Wh per battery)
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- domestic mail via air and surface transportation our reading
- Conditions
- Mailable via air and surface; cells not to exceed 20 Wh, batteries not to exceed 100 Wh; up to 8 cells or 2 batteries per mailpiece; must display DOT-approved lithium battery mark
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Source
- pe.usps.comhttps://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_028.htm