Quote Originally Posted by rocks2dust View Post
Packages that get stuck in New York, LA or San Francisco are at the facilities that do customs clearance. For most mail, this takes a few days before it gets back on its way to the customer. It is the same for packages to many other nations. Some private shipping services (FedEx, UPS, DHL) do their own customs clearance on express parcels, if the customer needs get through customs quickly - though at a fairly steep cost.

Packages from the EU have been going through customs in the UK, which was fairly efficient. I haven't heard whether Brexit will change how mail to the EU is inspected and sorted. Anyone know?
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yet. i have sent via parcel farce to usa using there premium service which is big bucks, it does give you up to date tracking and is faster getting through customs, probably because they use there own customs clearance.