Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
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Dangerous Goods (DG)/Hazardous Materials (HazMat)
FSMS supports the shipping of Dangerous Goods for FedEx Express under International Air Transport
Association (IATA) and 49CFR Air regulations, (ORM-D) and FedEx Ground HazMat shipping under
49CFR – FedEx Ground regulations. Any FedEx Express DG shipment can be shipped under IATA
regulations, but only shipments that are intra-U.S., to or from Puerto Rico, or to or from U.S. territories
can be shipped under ORM-D regulations. FedEx Express DG shipments require the submission of much
more information per transaction than a FedEx Ground HazMat shipment, which requires only the
DG/HazMat flag (field 1331), unless using FSMS to print the FedEx Ground OP-900 HazMat label and
the OP-950 HazMat Certification Report. If using FSMS to print these documents, additional fields are
required. See the FSMS TCR Version 7.6 for required fields.
To assist in the shipping of FedEx Express Dangerous Goods shipments, the IATA table used by FSMS
is provided in spreadsheet format in the FedEx_Tables file in the FedEx directory. Use this table as
reference in preparing FedEx Express Dangerous Goods shipments.
The input requirements for non-U.S. origin FedEx Express shipments containing Dangerous Goods were
recently relaxed. Only the setting of the DG Flag (field 1331) and specification of the DG Class (field 492)
are required.
FSMS supports the printing of the 1421C Shipper’s Declaration of Dangerous Goods, OP-900 FedEx
Ground HazMat label, and the OP-950 HazMat Certification Report. The 1421C can be printed as a multi-
ply form using a dot matrix printer or you may print this form on a laser printer using special 1421C paper
(plain paper with a border of red cross-hatches). The 1421C plain paper form may be obtained from your
FedEx supply source. The 1421C is produced at the time of shipment confirmation.
The OP-900 is a multi-ply form and requires the use of a dot matrix printer. The OP-950 prints on plain
paper using a laser printer. The OP-900 is produced at the time of shipment confirmation, and the OP-
950 is produced after a Close is completed and is a summary of all HazMat packages processed prior to
the Close.
For U.S. and CA Domestic FedEx Express DG shipments, up to five unique UN ID#s may be shipped
under a single tracking number. Thus, a shipment may be prepared as a single transaction with the
required multiple occurrence fields repeated up to five times. For FedEx Ground HazMat shipments only,
a single HazMat commodity is allowed per tracking number if printing the OP-900 and/or OP-950.
Shipping FedEx Express Dangerous Goods in Excepted Quantities
If shipping Dangerous Goods in quantities defined by the IATA as Excepted Quantities, full Dangerous
Goods validation is not required. If shipping Excepted Quantities, only field 1331 (Dangerous Goods Flag)
and field 1669 (Excepted Quantities Flag) are required. Field 1331 should be set to a value of E and field
1669 set to a value of Y. Excepted Quantities shipments will not be assessed a DG surcharge and no
1421C, Shippers Declaration of Dangerous Goods, will be printed.
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