2025 IATA DGR Available Now

The 2025 IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) is now available at Lion.com/Books.
The revised IATA regulations for dangerous goods air shippers take effect on January 1, 2025.

The revised IATA DGR takes effect starting January 1, 2025.

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Significant Changes to the 66th IATA DGR

Changes include:

• New entries to the list of dangerous goods.
• UN 0514, Fire suppressant dispersing devices, Division 1.4S.
• UN 3559, Fire suppressant dispersing devices, Class 9.
• UN 3554, Gallium contained in manufactured articles.
• Updates to the list of organic peroxides.
• Expanding the exception for COVID-19 vaccines to cover “all pharmaceutical products…packed in a form ready to be administered…”
• Amending the list of Category A pathogens “to show monkey pox as category A when in culture form only.”
• Appendix A – Many changes to the defined terms in the Glossary.

Changes to the 2025 DGR's Special Provisions:

• A40 – to expand the application of liquid desensitized explosives in Class 3.
• A69 – to include reference to gallium.
• A190 – to clarify that Special Provision A2 does not apply to neutron radiation detectors shipped in accordance with A190.
• A107 – to permit apparatus, articles or equipment containing dangerous goods to contain up to 5 L and/or 5 kg of environmentally hazardous substances.

Changes to the 2025 DGR's Packing Instructions (PI):

• PI 869 – broadened to include UN 3554, Gallium contained in manufactured articles.
• PI 961 – now includes UN 3559, Fire suppressant dispersing devices.

Significant Changes for Batteries By Air

IATA has added new recommendations concerning lithium battery state-of-charge (SoC) in air transportation. Some of these recommendations will become mandatory requirements in 2026. Get details about the changes on the way for lithium battery SoC in 2025-26 here: 

2025 IATA DGR + Lithium Battery State-of-Charge 

The list of significant changes in the 2025 IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) includes the following significant changes for shippers of lithium batteries and/or sodium batteries by air.

• A new exception was added for data loggers and cargo trackers with installed lithium batteries.
• The “Lithium battery mark” is re-named “battery mark” to include new UN numbers for sodium batteries.

Six new entries have been added to the list of dangerous goods:

• UN 3551, Sodium ion batteries
• UN 3552, Sodium ion batteries contained in equipment
• UN 3552, Sodium ion batteries packed in equipment
• UN 3556, Vehicle, lithium ion battery powered
• UN 3557, Vehicle, lithium metal battery powered
• UN 3558, Vehicle, sodium ion battery powered

Updates to special provisions include revisions to:

• A88, A99, A146, and A154 were amended to apply to sodium ion batteries.
• A185 and A214 added new battery-powered vehicle entries.

Updates to the Packing Instructions (PI) in the 66th edition of the IATA DGR include:

• PI 952 — Added provisions for battery-powered vehicles.
• Added three new PIs for sodium ion batteries:
• PI 976 – UN 3551, Sodium ion batteries;
• PI 977 – UN 3552, Sodium ion batteries packed with equipment; and
• PI 978 – UN 3552, Sodium ion batteries contained in equipment.

What is the IATA DGR?

The International Air Transport Association’s Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR) is the manual used by dangerous goods/hazardous materials shippers, freight forwarders, brokers, and air carriers around the world to mitigate the risks posed by hazardous materials in air transportation.

The IATA DGR combines international hazmat regulations from the United Nations, the ICAO Technical Instructions or "TI," with unique requirements and preferences of member airlines—including passenger airlines and major cargo carriers like UPS and FedEx.

The IATA DGR is updated annually and all revised requirements take effect on January 1 of each new year.

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