Saturday, August 15, 2026

UAS and components face 100% or 25% Section 232 duties

A 100 percent Section 232 duty will apply from September 3, 2026, to covered unmanned aircraft systems with a maximum take-off weight above 25 kilograms, UAS with thermal imaging, docking stations, and the critical components identified in Annex I. A 25 percent duty will apply from that date to non-thermal UAS with a maximum take-off weight of 25 kilograms or less identified in Annex II. A separate 25 percent duty on the Annex III components begins February 9, 2027. The duties apply to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the applicable effective time and are in addition to other applicable duties unless the proclamation provides otherwise. (Annex I; Annex II; Annex III; Annex IV)

The scope turns on the HTSUS provision, the UAS characteristics, the component's intended use, the country of product, and the entry date. Annex I covers the listed UAS, docking-station items, and parts for UAS above 25 kilograms, but its parts limitation excludes parts for retail-delivery or agricultural UAS and parts sold to the Department of War; Annex II covers the listed UAS without thermal imaging, while Annex III covers the listed parts when imported for use in UAS and yields to Annex I when both apply. For qualifying products of the United Kingdom, the total rate is capped at 10 percent, and for qualifying products of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, or the European Union, it is capped at 15 percent, only when substantially all critical components and technology are certified as originating in the specified jurisdictions. Approved onshoring plans can permit duty-free imports of covered products and necessary production equipment during construction, subject to the applicable HTSUS treatment and program conditions. Covered goods admitted to a foreign-trade zone after the applicable effective date generally must enter in privileged foreign status, and drawback is limited to manufacturing drawback claims for qualifying Trade Agreement Partner products containing at least 85 percent Trade Agreement Partner content and not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order. (Annex I; Annex II; Annex III; Annex IV)

The proclamation adds HTSUS headings 9903.08.20 through 9903.08.26, which distinguish covered articles, the 100 percent and 25 percent additional duties, qualifying United Kingdom and other listed-country treatment, and onshoring-plan treatment. The headings are mutually exclusive, but the additional duties generally remain payable alongside Column 1, special-program, antidumping, countervailing, and other applicable duties. The Secretary may add components through a Federal Register notice, with the new rate applying to entries on or after the stated notice date or first practicable effective date, and may issue further HTSUS modifications, end-use certifications, rules, or guidance. (White House)

Sources

• Adjusting Imports of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Components into the United States
  White House · Aug 13, 2026
• Annex I
  White House
• Annex II
  White House
• Annex III
  White House
• Annex IV
  White House

FD07 drawback validations disallow listed Section 301 classifications

Drawback validations for FD07 now disallow claims using HTSUS 9903.05.01, associated with Section 301 duties on certain products from Brazil, and HTSUS 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84, associated with Section 301 forced-labor import duties. CBP deployed the validation updates on August 12, 2026.

The affected filing is an FD07 drawback submission that uses one of the listed Chapter 99 classifications. The operative dividing line is the classification reported on the drawback filing: claims using 9903.05.01 or 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 are subject to the new disallowance, while this notice does not establish the treatment of other classifications. CBP directs filers to the Drawback Error Dictionary in the CATAIR supporting documents for additional guidance.

Sources

• CSMS # 69535943 - Notice of Update to Drawback Error Dictionary Validations for FD07
  CBP / CSMS · Aug 14, 2026

For information only; not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by publishing or reading it. Every development above cites the official document it rests on, and those sources were checked through August 15, 2026.