Dangerous Goods Handling in Japan Airlines from January 2026

We thank you for your continued support to JAL CARGO.

Please be advised that IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) will be partly amended and these amendments will be reflected to IATA DGR 67th Edition with effect from 1st January 2026. In this letter, we would like to notify our customers of the change in dangerous goods regulations which our customers are requested to take into account when handling dangerous goods. Your understanding and cooperation to ensure safe transport of dangerous goods by air will be highly appreciated. 

The provision for the State of Charge (SoC) will be changed for the transport of lithium ion batteries packed with equipment (Packaging Instruction 966).

The State of Charge (SoC) requirement for packages prepared under Section I of this Packing instruction has been changed as follows:

The State of Charge (SoC) requirement for packages prepared under Section II of this Packing Instruction has been changed as follows:

Lithium ion cells and batteries with a Watt-hour rating in excess of 2.7 Wh must be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% of their rated capacity.(This was a “should” requirement in 2025, but it has been changed to a “must” requirement from January 2026.)

Cells and/or batteries at a state of charge greater than 30% of their rated capacity must be offered for transport in accordance with the provisions of Section I of this packing instruction with the approval of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator under the written conditions established by those authorities.

Lithium ion cells and batteries with a Watt-hour not exceeding 2.7 Wh should be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% of their rated capacity.(There is no regulatory change in 2026, where the “should” requirement continues to be applied.)

The provision for the State of Charge (SoC) will be changed for the transport of UN3556 vehicles powered by lithium ion batteries, UN3557 vehicles powered by lithium metal batteries, and UN3558 vehicles powered by sodium ion batteries (Packaging Instruction 952).

Requirements of State of Charge (SoC) applied to UN3556, Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered, UN3557, Vehicle, lithium metal battery powered, and UN3558, Vehicle, sodium ion battery powered have been changed as follows:

It has become mandatory from January 2026 that vehicles powered by batteries with a Watt-hour rating exceeding 100 Wh must be offered for transport with:

Vehicles powered by batteries with a Watt-hour rating not exceeding 100 Wh should be offered for transport with:

Vehicles powered by batteries with a Watt-hour rating exceeding 100 Wh and at a state of charge greater than 30% of their rated capacity or an indicated battery capacity exceeding 25% may only be shipped with the approval of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator under the written conditions established by those authorities.

A change has been made to the State Variation as described below, requiring the emergency response information (referring to the emergency telephone number) to be marked on the surface of packages of dangerous goods originating from or destined for France that do not require a Dangerous Goods Declaration.

FRG-07 The emergency response information must appear on shipments of dangerous goods to, from, within or transiting through France. This provision does not apply to the transport of magnetized material or dangerous goods for which no Shipper's Declaration is required.

FRG-07 On shipments to/from France, emergency response information must be provided on the shipper’s declaration or put on an external surface of packages containing dangerous goods for which no transport document is required.

For inquiries regarding this notice, please use the inquiry form on the JAL CARGO website.