The battery's UN 38.3 test summary and Amazon's battery exemption sheet, both when you set up the listing. With FBA, the battery details too. And for lithium-powered electronics and appliances, power banks and batteries sold on their own, at least $1 million of liability insurance before listing.
| What Amazon asks for | When | Only for FBA? |
|---|---|---|
| UN 38.3 test summary | When you set up the ASIN | No, all sellers |
| Battery exemption sheet (Excel) | When you create the listing | No |
| Battery fields: chemistry, watt-hours, weight, how it's packed, state of charge | When you create the listing | Yes |
| Safety data sheet from the last 5 years | If Amazon asks | Yes |
| $1 million liability insurance | Before listing | No: lithium-powered electronics and appliances, power banks, loose batteries |
Source: Amazon Seller Central: Requirements for lithium batteries; Dangerous goods (hazmat) required information; Enhanced safety listing requirements. Read 27 Sep 2026
It's a short report on a lithium battery's safety tests, known as the UN 38.3 tests. The law already asks for one: the battery's maker, and each company that distributes it after that, must make the test summary available. So yours comes from your supplier.
Amazon says every seller uploads it when setting up the ASIN (the product's Amazon ID), FBA or not. The same law also puts the watt-hours on a lithium-ion battery's case, and the lithium battery mark on the package unless an exception applies.
It's Amazon's own Excel sheet. Amazon's lithium battery page asks for it along with the battery information when you create the listing, uploaded in Manage dangerous goods classification in Seller Central.
Two. If Amazon stores and ships the product for you (FBA), you also fill in the battery fields on the listing: the chemistry, the watt-hours, the weight, whether the battery is built in or packed with the product, and its state of charge. Amazon says the review takes 2 business days.
And Amazon can ask FBA sellers for a safety data sheet made in the last 5 years. That goes beyond batteries: perfume, nail polish, aerosols and other chemicals can be dangerous goods too.
Amazon keeps a list of enhanced-safety categories. Lithium-powered smart home devices, consumer electronics and home appliances are on it, and so are power banks and batteries sold on their own. For those, Amazon wants at least $1 million of liability insurance, for each incident and in total, before you list. If Amazon then notifies the listing, the documents go through a testing company Amazon approves.
Say you sell a power bank. You need the UN 38.3 test summary from your supplier, uploaded when you set up the ASIN, plus the exemption sheet. Power banks are on the enhanced-safety list, so the insurance comes before listing. With FBA, add the battery fields.
Then the listing also needs the "FCC Radio Frequency Emission Compliance" field. That's the FCC ID, or, for a device that uses the supplier's own declaration instead of an FCC ID (called an SDoC), the U.S. responsible party's name, U.S. address, and an email or U.S. phone.
A battery gadget with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi generally needs FCC authorization. The free certificate check shows which FCC path the product points to, and whether it also points to a CPSC certificate or FDA steps, with the rule cited for each. It doesn't cover battery shipping rules.
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Information current as of 2026-09-27.
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