[stripes.com]
If you're a servicemember overseas planning to order the latest smartphone
or laptop from the United States, take a second look at your options.
Effective May 16, new U.S. Postal Service restrictions will ban air
shipping of any electronics containing lithium batteries - such as iPads,
smart phones and digital cameras - between the United States and overseas
locations.
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rest:
http://www.stripes.com/gadgets-using-lithium-to-be-barred-from-overseas-ship
ments-1.176965
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the USPS info sheet is at:
http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22336/html/updt_010.htm
and it clarifies that you can't send lithium batteries,
even if in their own box
"Primary lithium metal or lithium alloy (non-rechargeÂable) cells and
batteries, or secondary lithium-ion cells and batteries (rechargeable),
regardless of quantity, size, or watt hours, and regardless of whether the
cells or batteries are packed in the equipment they are intended to operate,
with the equipment they are intended to operate, or without equipment
(individual batteries). This standard apÂplies to all APO, FPO, or DPO
locations."
- and looks like this also applies to Canada/Mexico. But not Hawaii...
So no camearas either, nor sending spare batteries to your kid..
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