how long does canada post international parcel surface usually take to arrive in europe?

[volveg_e2r2fnemz]

i sent an item with CA international parcel surface to Norway, does it really take 4-6 weeks ? or does it usually take 2-3?

[rkruis1979]

My items are now taking 3 months to arrive. The items with tracking show they arrived in Canada at customs with in 6 days, then another 12 -18 weeks to continue on within Canada.
So customs are holding items from Asia.

However, other items in customs, from USA, make it through within a week.

[momcqueen]

There is no such service as Parcel Surface to USA, naturally it will take less time because it's travelling by airmail.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@volveg_e2r2fnemz wrote:

i sent an item with CA international parcel surface to Norway, does it really take 4-6 weeks ? or does it usually take 2-3?

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Based on past experience, it usually takes 4-7 weeks via boat.

If it takes less than that, you lucked out.

There are just too many potential delay bottlenecks on the way that add to the time. Filling the shipping container, waiting for a ship, waiting to load the shipping container on to a ship, ocean weather, shipping container unloading, customs clearance of container parcels.

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[momcqueen]

Oh but one destined for Germany did arrive in eight weeks.

[momcqueen]

In the past when I made the mistake of using it, it took up 10-12 weeks to reach UK. And 'never' to reach Australia.

[femmefan1946]

Four to six weeks is optimistic.

Just don't ever use it.

If your customer is complaining, refund with a polite note asking that she return the refund when the shipment arrives.

Surface Shipping is like the mills of the gods.

It grinds along slowly, and it grinds the seller exceedingly small.