In my experience it depends a lot on your supplier and how they handle shipping. A lot is just out of your control and your suppliers control as well. The best way I've never had a shipment seized thus far is to use EMS, go below 100lbs and have the shipment no bigger then the size of a mini-fridge. DHL shipments seem to get seized more, however for bigger shipments it's recommended to go with them.
My supplier and most of the savvy suppliers from China use styrofoam to mitigate seized shipments. Customs don't want to rip open a styrofoam shipment, they wouldn't be able to put it back together! Smart Chinese suppliers man....
__________________ “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
-Albert Einstein |