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Thread · #asia · 2025-09-05

customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years

Spun off from a message in #asia on 2025-09-05. 17 messages, 4 participants.

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  • meniscus_mel — short route but customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic, nothing here is medical advice 13:18
QH

language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once

FD

four countries, four answers regional stock in the european sense is rare here and that changes how the transit conversation goes, research use only, not approved for human use

MM

regional stock in asia exists for some lines and is much less common than in europe, nothing here is medical advice

FD

closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part, that is one country not a region

UU

transit inside the region ran 25 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier

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QH

singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only, read your own country and ignore the rest

fair enough, write it down for the pharmacy

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MM

customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border

held at the border, resolved i had a parcel held for 4 days and released with no charge and no explanation, happy to be corrected by someone local

MM

country data point date your data point and name the country. a regional answer is close to useless here

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QH

a short route can still spend a week in a customs process. distance is not the variable that matters, the language friction is real