What's New in the 2022 IATA DGR?

Posted on 8/23/2021 by Roseanne Bottone

The final quarter of 2021 is almost here and, right on schedule, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is set to publish an updated edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations or DGR.

As IATA members, 290 airlines from 120 countries require shippers to use the current edition of the IATA DGR for the safe transport of dangerous goods/hazardous materials.

Mandatory compliance with the new IATA DGR, the 63^rd Edition, starts on January 1, 2022

Significant Changes in the 63^rd Edition IATA DGR

The 2022 IATA DGR includes significant changes to six of ten sections and several Appendices.

The updates include:

Lithium batteries: Removal of Section II provisions from Packing Instructions 965 and 968 for small lithium-ion and -metal cells and batteries shipped separately (UN 3480 and UN 3090).
Several revisions to the Section 4.2 List of Dangerous Goods
Added flexibility for shippers “removing” a Cargo Aircraft Only (CAO) label
Updated information in various appendices, including Appendix H–Training Guidelines.
The addition of Appendix I to detail future IATA DGR changes.
Clarification of the territories subject to State Variations in 2.8.1.
New rules for individual radionuclides (or mixtures) for which relevant data are not available
A change concerning shipping papers for radioactive materials

More details: Significant Changes and Amendments to the 63^rd Edition IATA DGR (2022)

The New DGR Appendix I

This year's IATA DGR will include a new Appendix I, which will detail changes IATA expects to make to the next edition of the DGR, the 64^th.

Appendix I will provide dangerous goods shippers and stakeholders with advanced notice and details about planned updates to IATA's manual for 2023, including:

Packing group revisions for corrosive substances;
Additions, deletions, and changes to more entries on the Dangerous Goods list;
New packing instructions for two “Articles” entries;
Clarification for handlers replacing lost, detached or illegible labels;
An exclusion for equipment (e.g., circuit boards) containing lithium button cells; and
Removing the requirement for a phone number on the lithium battery handling mark.

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