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Regarding parcel fail #25549
German post office ships stuff to Canada on DHL. Covid has caused volumes to drop so a lot of stuff for Canada gets put on planes to USA and is bounced to Canada from there. Usually trucked from JFK to YYZ. The US Postal Service called it "International Surface Airlift", so it goes on a truck even if you pay a huge airmail rate. Of course they deny they do it.
JFK is known worldwide as pilferage and customs ineptitude hotspot.
US Homeland Security like to snoop in everything they can get their greasy little hands on so that's another delay.
Basically any trans Atlantic traffic is fucked up. Trans Pacific, ie Japan and China and Taiwan is much better. Maybe because all those countries avoid the shithole USA and fly direct into Vancouver. Japan Post doesn't even send mail to or receive mail from USA at the moment.