Have 2 different suppliers for each of your main items. Order half from each supplier. The packages will be smaller, which is a plus. If one package gets held, chances are that the other will get through (you'll at least have some goods to work with).
Try to avoid your goods going out of Shanghai and/or coming in through San Francisco.
Tell your suppliers to STOP writing GIFT on the paperwork. Customs knows better. They aren't geniuses for sure, but they at least know their job and they aren't complete morons.
Using SAMPLE on the package won't work for 200 units. It works reasonably well for 10 units.
Also, if your supplier breaks the order into several smaller packages, make sure they don't take all the packages at the same time. Send a few in the morning and a few in the evening or the next morning.
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