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It depends on the shipper.
Be very cautious with DHL, UPS and FedEx!
All three absurdly overcharge for brokerage and import duty. Mail is far better. Risk of damage from all 3 is about equal, mail is less because mail stream has less heavy parcels stuffed into air cans. Mail parcel limit is around 30kg, commercial carriers are about 70kg.
Source: I work at a cargo terminal at airport.