GL1TCH3D
Headphoneus Supremus
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I work in a post office in canada. It takes us 15 seconds to do the paper work on basic tracked shipments.
"What's inside?"
"Sign here"
And even now, most of it can be printed from a standard printer and taped on.
I don't know about shipping packages from Canada, but shipping from the US to any foreign country is a PITA (at least for an average civilian). First, you have to find the right customs form to fill out in quadruplicate. There are different forms depending on the size and weight of what you're shipping and what shipping service you're using. (For example, the USPS Priority Mail International Flat Rate Medium and Large boxes require a different form than the Priority Mail International Flat Rate Small boxes.) If you're using any shipper other than the USPS, such as UPS or FedEx, you have to include a commercial invoice code identifying the category of product you're shipping and its country of origin (where the product was manufactured). And if you're using FedEx or UPS, there's a chance that the delivery service may neglect to collect import duties when they deliver the product to the recipient, later billing you the sender for those duties. I've had this happen to me on two separate occasions when shipping from the US to Canada, requiring me to spend many hours tracking down the recipient to get reimbursed.
I wish it was as easy as "What's inside?", "Sign here"...
We use CN22 forms which in my experience, is the same form countries like china use to declare small packages.
Of course we have different forms depending on the size and method of shipment but it's more about getting the correct form and filling it out which never took that long.