Quite sure the US Govt is more than happy to loose the odd small value trade due to the mail fraud statues preventing you from misrepresenting the value of the parcel, vs being able to take down organised crime syndicates and corrupt public officials (Hey Max, is ol' Kwame out of Federal custody yet? ) with those same laws (which is why they were implemented originally)General Jumbo01 wrote:No, it's just that every other country on this planet happily sends high value parcels across the globe without any custom declaration labels or just lies about the value. Not the US and they are loosing trade as a result.
I suspect the reason the shipping seems so outrageous to you is that its so darn cheap to get stuff from China - there's a reason for that: China has some how kept its 'developing nation' status and therefore has its postage subsidised by international treaty:
https://www.ft.com/content/3af8bfb8-ad3 ... a20d67390c
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... al-subsidy