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Originally Posted by blazzer73553
well customs seized my package because i bought 2 batteries from evike, they said it was prohibited and they were explosive devices. then they said lipo batteries are restricted items and they cannot import them/ hand them off to Canada and canada post wont ship them..... ( but i ordered x2 nimh batteries :/
given i called the cbsa in B.C. and was on hold for 1.4 hours and then talked to a chick, who then had me talk to some customs agent manager who eventually after talking to for 45 mins, cleared the package... but wtf is with that?
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Importing batteries is now more difficult because transporting them in an aircraft is now prohibited according to new airline regulations.
Due to new airline safety regulations announced by the ICAO, pure power products (e.g. Batteries, Power Banks) are currently not allowed to be shipped by Airline service with the exception of the following 24 countries:
Russian federation, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, France, Finland, Netherlands, Czech republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, United kingdom, Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland
This came to a surprise to me as well when I could import 18650 batteries 3 years ago. I'm not sure if this regulation was repealed but it still seems to be in effect on dx.com. They said it was temporary but never went away.
They probably had some misunderstanding about this regulation. Canada Post has their own policy against shipping potentially explosive products and that might be why they had to differentiate something like a propane tank and a lithium battery.