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. 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, however, is entirely unfounded and categorically false."

The US government is restricting Chinese dronemaker DJI from exporting select drones to the US in what appears to be part of "a broader initiative by the Department of Homeland Security to scrutinize the origins of products,

The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against two Chinese makers of drone engines and parts that the Biden administration says directly helped Russia build long-range attack drones used in the war in Ukraine.

The US Treasury announces the move after the Ukrainian president called out China's involvement in Russian arms.