Freefly Alta X Heavy Lift Drone from Mexico
Freefly Alta X is an octocopter for cinema/production with 20kg payload capacity, total MTOM ~25kg threshold, classified 8806.99.00.00. Professional-grade with carbon fiber frame for aerial cinematography.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
100%
Rate breakdown
9903.08.21100%Except as provided in headings 9903.08.23–9903.08.26, unmanned aircraft, their parts and components, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(1)–(3) of U.S. note 43 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Payload vs MTOM documentation critical near 25kg threshold for subheading shift
• Cinema gimbals may trigger separate 9000-series classification if detachable