Amazon to Add New Dangerous Goods Compliance Questions Starting October 26, 2026
Starting October 26, 2026, Amazon will add new dangerous goods and compliance questions when sellers create or edit listings in certain product categories.
What are the key facts?
- 1Amazon will implement the new question requirement starting October 26, 2026
- 2New questions must be answered when creating or editing listings in certain product categories
- 3Refrigeration equipment that may contain refrigerants is covered
- 4Shock absorbers, suspension lift supports, and writing instruments are covered
- 5Existing listings do not need to be redone all at once
- 6Accurate information can help reduce disposal and additional fees and prevent launch delays
What happened?
According to an Amazon Seller Central announcement, starting October 26, 2026, sellers must answer new dangerous goods and compliance questions when creating or editing listings in certain product categories. Covered products include refrigerators, air conditioners, and refrigeration equipment that may contain refrigerants, as well as shock absorbers, suspension lift supports, markers and other writing instruments, and swimming pool and spa water-treatment products and related chemicals. The requirement primarily affects cross-border sellers using FBA, seeking to enable more fulfillment options, or selling products containing chemicals, gases, liquids, lithium batteries, and other potentially hazardous materials. Amazon said that providing accurate information helps identify dangerous goods, reduce unnecessary disposal and additional fees, and prevent listing launch delays. Existing listings do not need to be redone all at once, but sellers will encounter the mandatory questions the next time they create or edit them. Relevant sellers should prepare information such as refrigerant properties, ink ingredients, chemical composition, packaging specifications, and safety documents, particularly for products shipped directly from China to the US store that need to be transferred to an FBA warehouse.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Starting October 26, 2026, listings involving refrigerants, chemicals, gases, liquids, lithium batteries, and related categories must answer new dangerous goods and compliance questions when created or edited. Sellers using FBA or planning to enable more fulfillment options should organize product attributes and safety documents in advance to avoid launch delays, product disposal, and additional fees.
What should sellers do now?
- 1Identify US-store listings using FBA for refrigerators, air conditioners, refrigeration equipment, shock absorbers, writing instruments, and water-treatment products; review the category and dangerous goods fields item by item, complete a pending-edit product list, and mark missing information.Listing character checker
- 2Create a compliance package for each listing, collect refrigerant properties, ink ingredients, chemical composition, packaging specifications, and safety documents, and link each document to the relevant product so every listing pending editing has traceable supporting materials.Listing Optimizer
- 3Before the next creation or edit, select one affected listing for field prefill and review; confirm that all new dangerous goods questions have accurate answers and that the documents match the product, and retain screenshots of the fields before and after submission.