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Topic: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

Can anyone advise on a good company that can proxy for an item to be shipped from Turkey/EU to the US? Please let me know if you have any options!

On an unrelated note i purchased an item from another member on here and the package has not been delivered to me and that was 60 days ago ajb007/mad I reached out to the member and on 12/9 he advised that shipping out of Germany is on a 4 to 6 week backlog BUT that he would me he would contact them to find out what's going on. it's 4 weeks since any contact from the seller and no updates even though i sent a follow up PM to him on 4/1/2022 and DHL says i need to contact them in Germany but i don't speak German ajb007/crap Any assistance on this issue would be greatly appreciated ajb007/smile

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

I'm from Germany, so maybe I can help you out.

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

The normal mail from Germany to the US has been suspended and I would guess that the same applies for other EU countries.
Turkey is not an EU state.

Shipping from the EU to US is currently advisable by DHL Express/UPS/Fedex only which is very expensive and needs proper declaration and probably export licensing.

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

Higgins wrote:

The normal mail from Germany to the US has been suspended and I would guess that the same applies for other EU countries.
Turkey is not an EU state.

Shipping from the EU to US is currently advisable by DHL Express/UPS/Fedex only which is very expensive and needs proper declaration and probably export licensing.

I am not shipping anything to the US since February 2020

Yeah I called DHL today and they said contact Deutsche Post/DHL. If shipping is postponed wouldn't they advise someone of that when dropping a package off? I'm assuming the proper declarations were provided but why would a license be needed?

Would you be able to recommend a company to proxy something from Turkey to an EU address and then forward stateside?

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

Higgins wrote:

The normal mail from Germany to the US has been suspended and I would guess that the same applies for other EU countries.
Turkey is not an EU state.

Shipping from the EU to US is currently advisable by DHL Express/UPS/Fedex only which is very expensive and needs proper declaration and probably export licensing.

I am not shipping anything to the US since February 2020

I have sent many items to the US through the french post lately and it went smooth.

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

MikeG77 wrote:

Can anyone advise on a good company that can proxy for an item to be shipped from Turkey/EU to the US? Please let me know if you have any options!

On an unrelated note i purchased an item from another member on here and the package has not been delivered to me and that was 60 days ago ajb007/mad I reached out to the member and on 12/9 he advised that shipping out of Germany is on a 4 to 6 week backlog BUT that he would me he would contact them to find out what's going on. it's 4 weeks since any contact from the seller and no updates even though i sent a follow up PM to him on 4/1/2022 and DHL says i need to contact them in Germany but i don't speak German ajb007/crap Any assistance on this issue would be greatly appreciated ajb007/smile

Thanks,

Mike

I have lived and worked in Turkey for 5 and a half years, I am leaving to return to UK permanently in 2 weeks. You should contact PTT Kargo - https://www.ptt.gov.tr/Sayfalar/EN/Homepage.aspx

They should be able to arrange a parcel from Turkey to US without any issue. Turkey is not an EU country. Hope that is helpful.

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Re: Need help with shipping an item from Turkey/EU to the US

Just wanted to give an update and let everyone know that after 60 days my package FINALLY arrived state side! Hopefully I will have it sometime this week! I did try reaching out the seller again via email and i didn't receive a response which is unfortunate.

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