Forum both receives and sends many international packages.
We receive
consignments from overseas very often. We have not
had an incoming shipment sent to us by mail opened by customs for several years. Not one. This includes some fairly large boxes of coins, listed as antique metal tokens (or something similar) on the customs declaration. Customs does open almost all FEDEX and other non-mail shipments. When they have opened FEDEX packages, nothing has been questioned, challenged, blocked or denied.
We have not lost a mail shipment, incoming or outgoing, international or domestic, for several years. I recommend express mail with delivery signature required.
I am splitting this from the topic where it was originally posted. It is too far off subject.