The Trump administration is keeping Haiti on the list of countries involved in the production or transit of drugs to the USA. “The Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2026,” submitted to the U.S. Congress on September 15, 2025, states: “By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA), I hereby designate the following countries as major illicit drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.”

The presence of a country on the above list does not necessarily reflect the counter-narcotics efforts undertaken by its government or its level of cooperation with the United States. In accordance with the legal definition of a major drug transit or major drug producing country set forth in sections 481(e)(2) and 481(e)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (Public Law 87-195) (FAA), countries are included on the list because of a combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow for the transit or production of drugs or chemical precursors, even if the government has taken vigorous and forceful counter-narcotics and law enforcement measures.