China shipping times

Hi all, ive ordered quite a bit from aliexpress and my items usually turn up quickly. However my current item (Convoy S21B) has been at UK customs for almost 7 days now when usually it’s only at customs for one or two days. Is this normal?

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Next time this happens, please check if there is a Chinese national holiday to take into consideration. You might come across the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, September 29 to October 6, 2023. This might explain (part of) the delay.

About custom delays in your/my own country: nothing surprises me anymore. When I rapported something like that to PostNL they answered: a big seller rapports your parcel has arrived in the destination country, but it is somewhere in an air cargo container and has to be sorted out.

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Well the tracking is showing arrived at customs 6 days ago and before that report it showed out for delivery, that can’t be possible. I think its likely lost. Usually my items only spend a day or two in customs.

Normal.

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I’m US but sitting in customs for a week is normal.

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In China, we usually only need 2-3 days

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