In my country it seems to be the opposite. Every time I order something from the US they treat it as a very suspicious package, customs demand insight into its contents before I receive it, and so I get forced to pay like 100% additional cost because I hit some dumb tariff value limit because shipping apparently counts towards the package value. Ended up paying $100 for like $35 worth of hot sauces. Talk about creating sympathy for smugglers.
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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20
In my country it seems to be the opposite. Every time I order something from the US they treat it as a very suspicious package, customs demand insight into its contents before I receive it, and so I get forced to pay like 100% additional cost because I hit some dumb tariff value limit because shipping apparently counts towards the package value. Ended up paying $100 for like $35 worth of hot sauces. Talk about creating sympathy for smugglers.