Types of Dangerous Goods and Commodities
Common Dangerous Goods
The following descriptions could indicate dangerous goods: aerosols, cosmetics, chemicals, cleaning solutions, compressed gases, flammable liquids, lighters, lithium batteries, machinery parts, matches, pharmaceuticals, oxidisers, paints, perfumes, solvents.
Note
Please use the applicable UPS Chemical Table for additional possible restrictions on individual UN Numbers.
Prohibited Dangerous Goods Classes
The following are descriptions of prohibited dangerous goods classes:
- Class 1 – Explosives
- Class/Division 2.1 - Flammable Gas
- Class/Division 2.2 - Non-Flammable Gas
- Class/Division 2.3 – Toxic Gas
- Class 3 - Flammable Liquid
- Class/Division 4.1 - Flammable Solid
- Class/Division 4.2 - Spontaneously Combustible (European Standard Service only)
- Class/Division 4.3 – Substances which in Contact with Water Emit Flammable Gases (Dangerous When Wet)
- Class/Division 5.1 - Oxidisers
- Class/Division 5.2 - Organic Peroxides (European Standard Service only)
- Class/Division 6.1 - Toxic Liquid/Solid
- Class/Division 6.2 – Infectious Substances, Category A
- Class/Division 6.2 - Infectious Substances, Category B only
- Class 7 – Radioactive Materials
- Class 8 - Corrosive Liquid/Solid
- Class 9 - Miscellaneous