About a year ago,I had occasion to ship something to the British Virgin Islands. The BVI has outrageously expensive and complicated import duties.
The person in the BVI to whom I was shipping had me send it UPS ground to an address in Orlando FL. From there,a company he hired picked up the package,shipped it to West End,Tortola,delt with customs,paid the duty,and delivered it to him---for a fee. The middleman was bonded against shipping damage.
That made(and makes) sense to me. Let the middleman earn his fee.
The person in the BVI to whom I was shipping had me send it UPS ground to an address in Orlando FL. From there,a company he hired picked up the package,shipped it to West End,Tortola,delt with customs,paid the duty,and delivered it to him---for a fee. The middleman was bonded against shipping damage.
That made(and makes) sense to me. Let the middleman earn his fee.