Unlaunched DJI Mavic 4 Pro, Mini 5 Pro Appear in US Shops

DJI’s two flagship consumer drones from 2025 — the Mavic 4 Pro and the Mini 5 Pro — are still not officially launched in the United States, but occasional stock has appeared at third‑party retailers and local camera shops, creating immediate practical problems for buyers. The Mavic 4 Pro went on sale in May 2025 and a few units briefly reached U.S. shelves during the model’s first few days on sale, yet authorized U.S. channels now report no availability.

“The Mavic 4 Pro is not available from DJI or authorized retail partners in the States, and while the Air 3S is listed on its virtual storefront, it's been out of stock continuously for a similar interval,” PCMag reported, and U.S. buyers who missed that May window “are stuck importing from another region or buying on eBay at a markup.” That mismatch between international release schedules and U.S. retail has left racers and drone pilots paying premium secondary‑market prices or arranging overseas imports.

The Mini 5 Pro followed a different path: PCMag noted, “As mentioned, the DJI Mini 5 Pro is going on sale internationally today, but it is not coming to the US.” Other DJI products such as the Osmo Nano were announced shortly after the Mini 5 Pro and face staggered timing for U.S. availability, with the Osmo Nano “announced a week after the Mini 5 Pro” and expected to hit U.S. shelves sooner than the drones did.

Customs enforcement has already complicated ownership. “What's worse, reports indicate that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has stopped at least one user's Mavic 4 Pro from entering the US.” PCMag described the case of Eric Thurber, a professional photographer and videographer in San Francisco, who imported a Mavic 4 Pro, accidentally dropped it and broke its gimbal, and “since it was an import, had to send it off to DJI's Canadian repair facility to replace its gimbal. DJI fixed it without a problem, but the drone was held by CBP for three months” before being returned to DJI. Thurber’s viral video about that sequence drew attention to repairs routed outside the U.S. and to months‑long customs delays.

Regulatory moves are part of the backdrop. TechRadar framed the recent U.S. action as “the so-called 'DJI ban' recently implemented in the US is actually a ban on all new foreign-made drones, which seems likely to make buying drones harder and more expensive in the country.” TechRadar added that “the Department of Commerce has decided not to make things even worse by restricting the import of all Chinese-made drones into the country,” while noting the FCC action dated December 23 2025 and warning that “The FCC ban does include a provision for specific future models to be approved and allowed in for sale, but this doesn't seem likely to happen in the current climate, and the uncertainty surrounding the rules (not to mention the tariff situation) may discourage companies like DJI from participating in the US market at all.”

For anyone chasing the Mavic 4 Pro or Mini 5 Pro in the U.S., the current reality is concrete: authorized U.S. supply is absent, imports can trigger customs holds and repairs have routed to DJI’s Canadian facility in documented cases. With the FCC measure and tariff uncertainty still in play, expect limited official channels and continued reliance on third‑party sellers or secondary markets until regulators and manufacturers clarify U.S. availability.