There are two reasons Chinese shipments are very slow these days.
The CBSA is searching shipments for fentanyl, which has only recently been made illegal in China. China is cooperation with the ban.
If your community has not been hit with the effects of this dangerous drug, over 900 people died from it here in BC last year. That doesn't count thousands of overdosed individuals who were saved.
More importantly, Canada Post and most Western/ First World postal systems are trying to get China Post to follow the spirit of the Universal Postal Union Treaty of 1874 and raise the cost of international postage.
At the moment, the taxpayers and postal systems of other nations are paying most of the cost of delivery for parcels shipped from Chian.
If you want your item more quickly, these restrictions are not on Air Mail Tracked services, the ones similar to Canada's Tracked Parcel International Air.
Before buying, ask your seller if you can pay him to use that kind of service.
If you don't want to spend the money, you won't get the service.
BTW, while most Chinese sellers are honest and trying to provide a good product for the price, some of those "late" shipments were never sent at all. Never accept an offer of a replacement from China. It won't arrive either because the product is vapourware.
