• The Shipper’s Declaration must meet detailed specifications regarding size, type of printing, English wording, and more.

The Shipper’s Declaration must meet very detailed specifications, including:

• Wording in English, but may include accurate translations of another language;
• Printing in black and red on white paper, or in red only; the diagonal hatchings printed vertically in the left and right margins must be red; and
• Printing on ISO standard paper size A3 or A4, or the North American equivalent (11 x 17 inches or 11 x 8.5 inches).

Shippers must avoid adding any irrelevant information on the declaration. If both dangerous goods and non-dangerous goods are listed on the declaration, the dangerous goods must be listed first or highlighted or emphasized in some way to call them out.

If a Shipper’s Declaration form was created by a computer, then the form must still meet the specifications identified in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).