From September 1, 2024, China will introduce new restrictions on the delivery of drones and their components, which will significantly affect the supply market for these technologies. From now on, quadcopters, as well as their components, such as motors, signal amplifiers, controllers and cameras, will not be able to be sent through ordinary postal parcels.
The Meest delivery service reported that walkie-talkies, radio stations and electronic warfare (EW) systems will also fall under the restrictions. Instead, these goods will only be able to be sent by commercial cargo, which will add new barriers to logistics chains.
These changes have already caused concern among the Ukrainian military and activists in social networks. Many of them fear that the new rules will make it difficult to supply Chinese FPV drones to the front, since most domestic drones are made of Chinese components.
“These restrictions could seriously affect our ability to provide the frontline with drones. If earlier we could quickly get components for assembling drones, now this procedure will become much more complicated and expensive," the military commented.
The introduction of such restrictions by China is connected with new international standards of control over the export of dual-use technologies that can be used for both civilian and military purposes. This is expected to affect the global drone market and may force companies to seek new supply routes or switch to other sources of components.
