The Chinese government has said that it reduced its exports of civilian drones to the US eightfold year-on-year last November.
According to RIA Novosti, the calculation is based on data from the US customs service.
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The dynamic was also negative as compared to October 2024, when China’s drone exports to the US fell twice, to $2.9 million dollars in November, the data showed.
The figures marked the lowest November purchase volume since 2022 when the US began buying drones from China.
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The total volume of drone shipments in the first 11 months of 2024 also dropped 2.4 times year-on-year, from $205 million in January to November 2023 to $84.2 million last year.
This is according to the statistics.
In November 2024, the US mostly imported civilian drones with takeoff weights between 250 grams (9 ounces) and 7 kilograms (15 pounds) worth $1.4 million.
Also those with takeoff weights between 25 and 150 kilograms worth 1 million dollars, the data showed.
The report noted that at the end of November, China was the second-largest supplier of drones to the US, behind Vietnam with $10.8 million worth of drone exports.
It was followed by South Korea with ($1.9 million), Malaysia ($1.6 million) and Switzerland ($1.2 million).
At the same time, drone imports in the US decreased not only from China (down $19.4 million), but from Malaysia ($40.9 million), Canada ($1.3 million), and other countries.
The increase in purchases from Vietnam (by $8.2 million), South Korea (by $1.8 million), and other states was not enough to close the gap.
So the total imports in November 2024 fell 3.4 times from the previous year, according to the statistics.
(RIA/NAN)
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