In recent years, the domestic foreign trade "new three" represented by electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells have continued to lead exports, becoming another new growth point for China's high-end core technology exports. In 2023, the cumulative export of "new three" products reached 1.06 trillion yuan, breaking through the trillion yuan mark for the first time. Achieving such remarkable results is a recognition of the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry, and it has driven China's manufacturing to explore the direction of high-quality quantification, intelligence and environmental protection.

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Among the "new three" exported, lithium batteries are the main core. With the development of domestic lithium battery application technology, lithium battery products are diversifying and have been widely used in manned vehicles, robots, power tools, home storage, industrial and commercial energy storage and other industries. As we all know, lithium-ion batteries with a rated power of more than 20Wh and lithium-ion battery packs with a rated power of more than 100Wh will be transported in accordance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Rules (hereinafter referred to as "IMDG") in accordance with dangerous goods, and products with the aforementioned lithium-ion batteries or lithium-ion battery packs will also be subject to the "IMDG". Lithium battery products according to different functions and use scenarios, will take different forms of packaging, carton packaging, wooden box packaging, bare packaging, pallet fixed, bracket fixed, but also to transport components as a commodity shell for transportation, many of these products can not handle the dangerous package certificate, IMDG has special provisions for the corresponding UN products can be exempted from the requirements of Class II equivalent packaging, and how to safely comply with the transportation of lithium battery goods is a hot topic that the regulatory authorities have been discussing in recent years.

The purpose of the Maritime Safety Administration is to ensure the safety of the cargo carried by ships. In the face of complex and diverse lithium battery products, the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration takes "IMDG" as the guideline, keeps pace with The Times, constantly updates and improves the declaration requirements of lithium battery products, and has a strict pre-departure filing audit system for lithium battery products, and will provide the maritime filing number and effective cancellation quantity after approval. For shipping booking and maritime declaration. The maritime Safety Administration is responsible for the risk control of dangerous goods transportation, but the complicated maritime record review system does bring a lot of inconvenience to export enterprises.

In order to continuously improve the business environment of Shanghai Port, promote the export of new energy products, and improve the logistics efficiency of Shanghai port customs clearance, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration officially issued a notice on the optimization of lithium battery dangerous goods container transportation declaration procedures on April 6, 2024, the body of the notice is as follows:

Although the announcement of the Maritime Safety Administration is very brief, the content is more official, and we have received feedback from many enterprises that we do not understand. Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration danger Department also called the Shanghai port dangerous goods declaration unit and other enterprises to do a detailed policy interpretation on April 26.

Next, Sungreen Logistics will give you a detailed explanation according to the official interpretation of the Maritime Safety Administration:

Clearly cancelled the chemical management service platform for lithium battery products maritime filing link, the specific product categories are:

• UN3090 lithium metal battery pack (including lithium alloy battery pack);
• UN3091 Lithium metal battery pack (including lithium alloy battery pack) in the equipment or lithium metal battery pack (including lithium alloy battery pack) packaged with the equipment;
• UN3480 lithium-ion battery pack (including polymer lithium-ion battery pack);
• UN3481 Lithium ion battery packs (including polymerized lithium ion battery packs) in the equipment or packaged together with the equipment (including polymerized lithium ion battery packs);
• UN3171 battery-powered vehicles or battery-powered equipment;
• UN3536 Lithium batteries, lithium ion batteries or lithium metal batteries in cargo transport components;

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UN3480

1. Data required for the total weight of a single battery cell and a single battery pack less than 12kg (refer to the "IMDG" P903 Packaging Guidelines) : lithium battery UN38.3 test report + enterprise business license + Class II packaging performance level certificate + Description;

2. The information required for a single battery cell and a single battery pack with a total weight of 12kg or more and an independent and sturdy outer packaging (refer to the "IMDG" P903 packaging guidelines) : lithium battery UN38.3 test report + enterprise business license + description;

3. Data required for cabinet energy storage system (also called outdoor cabinet or all-in-one machine in the industry) : lithium battery UN38.3 test report + enterprise business license + situation description;

UN3481

1. Information required for the lithium-ion battery pack installed in the equipment (refer to the "IMDG" P903 packaging guidelines) : lithium battery UN38.3 test report + enterprise business license + description;

2. Information required for the lithium-ion battery pack packaged with the equipment (refer to the "IMDG" P903 Packaging Guidelines) : lithium battery UN38.3 test report + enterprise business license + Class II packaging performance level certificate + Description;

UN3171

Information required for battery-powered vehicles or battery-powered equipment: lithium battery UN38.3 test report + business license;

UN3536

Information required for lithium batteries installed in cargo transport components (containerized energy storage system) : UN38.3 test report + business license + box certificate + situation description;

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After canceling the maritime filing of lithium battery products before departure, the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration will conduct spot checks on the safe transportation measures of lithium battery dangerous goods through the supervision method during and after the event, so enterprises do not have a lucky mind, the UN38.3 detection report of lithium battery must be done in advance, after all, it can ensure the transportation safety of the model lithium battery. Otherwise the maritime spot inspection will face accountability or punishment;

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When dangerous goods enter the port of Shanghai, the Port and Shipping Development Center (Port Affairs) must first examine and issue the port dangerous goods operation Declaration form (yellow copy). Port and shipping industry development Center belongs to the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, is different from the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration another independent functional department, can not handle the dangerous package certificate of lithium electric dangerous goods must be registered through the port and shipping industry development center online, after the record is passed, can normally issue the port dangerous goods operation declaration. After the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration issued a notice to optimize the application procedures for lithium battery products, the Port and shipping Development Center also responded immediately and is said to be optimizing and adjusting the filing system internally. Before the Port and Shipping Industry Development Center officially released the notice of adjustment results, the previous online filing mode was still used, but the filing requirements had begun to be appropriately simplified.

At present, although the "new three" exports are strong, there is still great uncertainty in the development environment of this industry. Affected by factors such as rising geopolitics and rising trade protectionism in some countries, the global renewable energy industrial chain and supply chain are accelerating reconstruction, and the risks and challenges brought by this cannot be underestimated. Driven by the huge demand in the global market, new domestic lithium battery companies have sprung up, and the brutal growth in the short term may lead to overcapacity, leading to increased market competition. It is hoped that the majority of enterprises will not forget the original intention, not keen to fight a price war, continue to invest in R & D and independent innovation, enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises, and provide the world with higher quality, intelligent and environmentally friendly products.

Sungreen Logistics is deeply engaged in the international logistics industry of lithium batteries and new energy products, and has long-term stable cooperative relations with many domestic leading lithium battery enterprises. With lithium batteries, electric vehicles, power tools, cabinet storage, various types of storage cabinets (10 feet /20 feet /30 feet /40 feet /45 feet storage cabinets), overweight cabinets, super size cabinets export logistics operation experience and data, Can quickly and effectively provide lithium battery products sea/automobile/railway/air booking, data certification, declaration, gate pick-up port, destination port unloading, customs clearance and transfer, warehousing, distribution and other full logistics services!

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