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Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR)

Airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers and shippers like you rely on the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) every day to make sure dangerous goods are transported safely and efficiently.

The DGR helps you classify, mark, pack, label and document dangerous shipments and hazardous materials in compliance with air transport regulations.

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What's inside the DGR?

• Applicability - (shipper and operator responsibilities, training, security, incident reporting)
• Limitations - (forbidden and hidden goods, storage and transport quantities, transport by post, transport by passengers/crew)
• Classification - (explosives, gases, flammable, toxic, oxidizing, radioactive and corrosive and multiple hazard material)
• Packing Instructions - (explosives, gases, flammable, toxic, infectious, oxidizing, radioactive and corrosive and multiple hazard material)
• Packaging Specifications - (inner, UN, construction and testing, limited quantity)
• Documentation - (shipper’s declaration, air waybill)
• Handling - (storage, loading, inspection, information provision, reporting, training, document retention)
• Radioactive material - (transport, limitations, classification, identification, packing, testing, labelling, documentation, handling)

Still not sure if the DGR is for you? Download the full table of contents with 15 sample pages (PDF):

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The DGR is published every year

Customers using the most updated regulations experience fewer delays, fines, and lost contracts. Each year, significant changes are done to procedures and regulations, that's why we publish a new version of the DGR every year.

Find out what’s new in the 67th edition and download the significant changes:

The PDF is available in English & Spanish. French, German, Russian, Chinese and Japanese versions are coming soon.

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Please find the English Addendum to the 67th edition of the IATA DGR. Also available in: French (pdf), German (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Chinese (pdf) and Japanese (pdf).

All updates and editorial changes will be applied to the digital format of the manual and made available as of January 1st 2026. These will be incorporated into the next print edition, unless requested otherwise.

We invite you to circulate the enclosed information with relevant staff involved in the handling and transportation of dangerous goods and recommend that they insert a copy of the addendum into their print manuals. We hope that the inclusion of the latest updates will prove helpful in the execution of your ongoing operations.

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