Why is shipping taking 3 months from China to Canada?

[wmwentworth1]

I order regularly from china and usually receive within 3-4 weeks, Now were over 3 months to get anything. If it comes at all. What is going on?

[dreamc1]

I'm in the GTA and items are taking longer than before averaging 3-4 months to come (if it was even sent or gets lost). I'm not sure whose to blame:
- The seller for using the cheapest mode of transport, even if I had paid for shipping charges.
- China Post for transporting via ships or delay shipment until they accumulate enough to that country
- Canada Post by accumulating their deliveries so they only need to make one trip (I once received 11 packages in my mail box all on the same day. And no I did not buy 11 items all at the same time).
- Or CBSA for taking their time
Bottom line, I'm going to jump to other sites like Aliexpress as most sellers guarantee the 60 days delivery.

[thestuffofchris]

Please see the Buyer Central board for many other posts about this very topic.

http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Buyer-Central/bd-p/23003

In short, due to the rise in cases of people dying to fentanyl overdoses Canada Customs is doubling down on checking shipments from China (the drug often comes into Canada from China). With so many people ordering from China, there is a lot of volume to go through which means packages that used to take weeks to receive now can take months.