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by jedberg 2043 days ago
> This is roughly equivalent to the 5-digit DNDC option, which currently costs $3.56 - maybe slightly more because I don't know the exact details of how China delivers to the US.

China the country does that, but that cost is not borne by the shipper in China. The shipper in China just drops the item off at their post office.

But regardless, China then pays the US $1.90 to deliver that package for them. You will not find any service available to a US mailer that is only $1.90.
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ikeboy 2043 days ago
Where is your source for the $1.90 number here?
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ikeboy 2043 days ago
This [0] has numbers from 2015, which are older, and it doesn't have a full breakdown, but it says that 200 grams (or around 7 oz) would cost $2.67 as the cheapest option through China Post. The next option is 500 grams which is 17 oz, at $6.67. 13 oz would probably be somewhere in the middle. And of course US prices have gone up since 2015.

[0] https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library...

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