DJI have responded to the "misunderstanding" but could a bureaucrat – not a new law – be the end of DJI drones in the USA?

US Customs and Border Protection is apparently blocking some of the imports over concerns the drones were made with forced labor. But DJI says it has evidence denying this.

The U.S. government is stopping imports of some DJI drones from entering the United States, the Chinese drone maker told Reuters on Wednesday. In a letter seen by Reuters, DJI notified distributors that U.

"The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has cited the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), as the reason for the current holdups," the DJI ViewPoints team wrote. "This assertion made against DJI,

Reuters reported on the letter earlier today; DJI spokesperson Daisy Kong confirmed the letter’s legitimacy to The Verge as well. In a just-published official blog post, DJI is