Amazon Dangerous Goods Listing Compliance Questions Take Effect October 26, 2026
Amazon will add new dangerous goods listing compliance questions for multiple product categories, requiring sellers to answer them when editing affected products.
What are the key facts?
- 1Amazon dangerous goods listing compliance questions take effect October 26, 2026
- 2Refrigerators, air conditioners, refrigeration equipment and other specified categories are affected
- 3New compliance questions must be answered when creating or editing relevant products
- 4No action is required for existing products before August 31, 2026
What happened?
Amazon published information on dangerous goods listing compliance in its Seller Forums, with the changes taking effect on October 26, 2026. Affected product categories include refrigerators, air conditioners, refrigeration equipment, shock absorbers and supports, markers and writing instruments, and swimming pool and hot tub water treatment chemicals. When creating or editing listings in these categories, sellers must answer new compliance questions added by the platform to help Amazon identify whether products have dangerous goods attributes. Amazon said the information will also help make more fulfillment methods available and reduce unnecessary disposal and fees. The change primarily affects sellers of the categories above, especially cross-border sellers offering products containing refrigerants, chemicals or special materials. For existing products, sellers do not need to take action before August 31, 2026; however, editing a product after that date will trigger the new required questions.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
From October 26, 2026, new or edited listings for refrigerators, air conditioners, refrigeration equipment and other specified categories will include new dangerous goods compliance questions. Affected sellers must complete the answers. Providing the information promptly can help Amazon identify dangerous goods attributes, make more fulfillment methods available, and reduce unnecessary disposal and fees.
What should sellers do now?
- 1Identify refrigerator, air conditioner, refrigeration equipment, shock absorber and support, marker and writing instrument, and swimming pool and hot tub water treatment chemical listings in the store. Create a compliance checklist and flag products containing refrigerants, chemicals or special materials to produce a review list.Listing character checker
- 2Open the editing page for each relevant listing and check whether the new dangerous goods compliance questions appear, then complete the answers. Accept all affected listings with records and zero incomplete items as the completion standard to avoid missing required questions.
- 3Add a pre-publication check to future creation and editing workflows, requiring operations staff to confirm that the dangerous goods questions have been answered. Spot-check fulfillment methods and fee anomalies for listings in the relevant categories, and retain the results as review records.Listing Optimizer