Official data Source: US Census Bureau international trade data Data through August 2026 · updated monthly

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Unmanned aircraft for remote-controlled flight only, with maximum take-off weight more than 25 kg but not more than 150 kg

In short

  • The US imported $22.8M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, up 102% on the year before.
  • France is the largest supplier, with 55.6% of US imports; Israel is next, with 14.2%.
  • Australia is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $11,743 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 3.0% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 7.5 points on a year earlier.
  • Canada is gaining share: 29.9% over the last 12 months, up from 8.0%.
  • 2 Federal Register notices named this product's tariff codes in the last 12 months.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.1M

↑ +76% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$22.8M

↑ +102% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

3.0%

↓ −7.5 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

France

55.6% of US imports

US imports by month

The last 13 months, so the same month a year ago is on the left. August 2026 is highlighted.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$1.2M
September 2025$1.7M
October 2025$1.6M
November 2025$100K
December 2025$842K
January 2026$177K
February 2026$3.0M
March 2026$3.6M
April 2026$586K
May 2026$1.7M
June 2026$2.2M
July 2026$5.3M
August 2026$2.1M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.1M in August 2026, down 60% from July 2026 and up 76% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $22.8M, up 102% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: France up from 4.5% to 55.6%, Canada down from 84.8% to 0.0%.
  • Average price from France rose 85% since July 2026, to $73,109 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from Australia rose from 9.9% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $22.8M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 46% on the 12 months to Aug 2023. US exports were $108.1M, up 179%. This code began with the HS 2022 revision in January 2022, taking goods from 8525.80, 8802.11 and 8802.20, so its history starts there. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

2023202420252026China ↑Duty ↓
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2023$15.6M
12 months to Aug 2024$28.7M
12 months to Aug 2025$11.3M
12 months to Aug 2026$22.8M
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • France
  • Israel
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodUnited KingdomCanadaFranceIsrael
12 months to Aug 202314.9%3.1%2.2%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202415.4%9.3%1.2%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202523.8%8.0%0.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202644.0%29.9%8.5%5.4%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodUnited KingdomCanadaFranceIsraelAll countries
12 months to Aug 20230.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.8%
12 months to Aug 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.7%
12 months to Aug 20255.4%0.5%0.0%n/a13.7%
12 months to Aug 20260.4%0.0%0.0%0.5%1.1%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$22.8M+102%1.1%−12.7 pts$108.1M+16%
12 months to Aug 2025$11.3M−61%13.7%+0.1 pts$93.1M+266%
12 months to Aug 2024$28.7M+84%13.7%+1.9 pts$25.5M−34%
12 months to Aug 2023$15.6M11.8%$38.8M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
France$1.2M55.6%new$73,109 each0.0%
Israel$298K14.2%new$19,871 each1.9%
Germany$265K12.6%new$10,609 each10.0%
Australia$204K9.7%new$67,952 each12.5%
United Arab Emirates$64K3.0%new$10,603 each0.0%
Thailand$61K2.9%new$60,750 each0.0%
Switzerland$41K2.0%new$41,429 each12.5%
All countries$2.1M100.0%$31,383 each+5.3%3.0%−7.5 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 82.4% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

  • Price
  • Freight and insurance
  • Duty
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
Australia$10,923 each$62.69 each0.6% of price$757.58 each6.9% of price$11,743 each−63%
Israel$42,753 each$67.96 each0.2% of price$214.46 each0.5% of price$43,035 each
France$54,099 each$532.70 each1.0% of price$0.00 each0.0% of price$54,631 each+931%
Poland$67,354 each$3,180 each4.7% of price$0.00 each0.0% of price$70,534 each+2512%
Canada$102,875 each$29.39 each0.0% of price$0.00 each0.0% of price$102,904 each+441%
All countries$38,953 each$233.04 each0.6% of price$359.38 each0.9% of price$39,546 each+11%

Landed at a US port, Australia was cheapest, at $11,743 each: 72.7% below Israel.

Landed cost from Poland rose 2512% on a year earlier, to $70,534 each, mostly on price: $2,500 each then, $67,354 each now.

How the market is shifting

Canada gained the most share: 29.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 8.0% in the 12 months before. China lost the most: 1.2%, down from 47.8%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • France
  • Israel
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthUnited KingdomCanadaFranceIsrael
September 20240.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
October 20248.7%15.7%0.0%0.0%
November 20240.0%20.7%1.3%0.0%
December 202442.3%0.0%1.5%0.0%
January 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
February 20250.0%14.3%0.0%0.0%
March 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May 20250.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
June 202590.9%0.0%1.5%0.0%
July 202578.7%0.0%1.4%0.0%
August 202596.8%1.1%0.0%0.0%
September 202598.9%0.4%0.0%0.4%
October 202585.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
November 20250.0%58.3%0.0%0.0%
December 20250.0%4.8%19.4%0.0%
January 20260.0%12.4%67.8%0.0%
February 202698.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202699.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
April 202679.5%0.0%0.0%20.5%
May 20260.5%94.9%1.4%0.0%
June 20260.0%24.7%9.7%36.7%
July 20262.4%84.8%4.5%0.0%
August 20260.0%0.0%55.6%14.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthUnited KingdomCanadaFranceIsraelAll countries
September 2024n/an/an/an/a25.0%
October 20240.0%0.0%n/an/a17.6%
November 2024n/a0.0%0.0%n/a10.9%
December 20240.0%n/a0.0%n/a0.1%
January 2025n/an/an/an/a24.5%
February 2025n/a0.0%n/an/a22.6%
March 2025n/an/an/an/a39.6%
April 2025n/an/an/an/a42.5%
May 2025n/an/an/an/a0.1%
June 202510.0%n/a0.0%n/a10.4%
July 20250.0%n/a0.0%n/a2.0%
August 202510.0%35.0%n/an/a10.5%
September 20252.4%0.0%n/a0.0%2.5%
October 20250.0%n/an/an/a5.4%
November 2025n/a0.0%n/an/a12.2%
December 2025n/a0.0%0.0%n/a0.0%
January 2026n/a0.0%0.0%n/a5.7%
February 20260.0%n/an/an/a0.0%
March 20260.1%n/an/an/a0.1%
April 20260.0%n/an/a0.0%0.0%
May 20260.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.3%
June 2026n/a0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
July 20260.0%0.0%0.0%n/a0.5%
August 2026n/an/a0.0%1.9%3.0%

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

  1. May 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 28.1% → 9.5%.
  2. January 2023 · Duty paid: China 1.7% → 24.2%.

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 8806.24

Where it enters the US

Main ports of entry over the 12 months to August 2026: US imports and share.

  1. Jfk International Airport, NY$6.6M · 29.0%
  2. Port Huron, MI$5.0M · 22.1%
  3. Washington, DC$4.0M · 17.6%
  4. Detroit, MI$1.6M · 7.2%
  5. San Francisco International Airport, CA$1.2M · 5.3%

Where US exports go

US exports were $2.3M in August 2026, down 94% from August 2025, and $108.1M over the last 12 months, up 16% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: France, up 1238%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Taiwan$32.6M30.2%+10%
Japan$25.0M23.1%+64%
Sweden$12.5M11.6%new
Colombia$6.7M6.2%+206%
United Arab Emirates$4.6M4.3%+97%
France$3.6M3.4%+1238%
Mexico$3.1M2.9%+3.0%
Canada$2.8M2.6%+92%
Other countries (30)$17.1M15.8%+42%
All countries$108.1M100.0%+16%

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 90 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Ukraine$89.6Min 2024+23%$00.0%
Japan$66.3Min 2025+319%$40.1M60.5%
Korea, South$16.7Min 2025−3.3%$3.2M19.5%
Canada$14.1Min 2025+67%$1.4M10.1%
Thailand$13.8Min 2025+101%$0US records $2.5M0.0%
Kenya$13.7Min 2025−16%$424US records $3.4M0.0%
Israel$10.4Min 2025+333%$272K2.6%
Niger$8.4Min 2025n/a$00.0%

The biggest market outside the US is Ukraine, which imported $89.6M of this product in 2024, none of it from the US.

The US supplies 60.5% of imports into Japan, but under 10% into Ukraine, Israel and Niger.

Of these, imports into Israel grew fastest: up 333% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8806: unmanned aircraft. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

About these figures
  • Source: US Census Bureau international trade data, not seasonally adjusted, in US dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  • US imports are general imports at customs value, which excludes freight and insurance. Exports are at free-alongside-ship value.
  • Average price is customs value divided by quantity (number of items), across all of the product's 10-digit lines.
  • Duty paid is the duty Census calculates on each country's imports for consumption, as a share of their value. It moves with tariff changes, exemptions and the mix of goods within the product.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • Markets abroad are each country's imports as it reports them to UN Comtrade, in US dollars, usually including freight and insurance. Countries report a year or more late and in their own edition of the HS codes, so one still on an older edition is missing for codes that changed in 2022.
  • Tariff notices are from the Federal Register, matched to this product by the HTS numbers in their text.
  • Census revises recent months, so figures can change slightly. These are estimates for research and planning, not customs or legal advice.

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