When sending a parcel to another country you can, depending on its size, send it via airmail or via surface mail˳
For very large and heavy parcels airmail may prove prohibitively expensive˳ However your customer may need the item urgently and be prepared to pay the extra cost˳ In these circumstances you should always check with the customer before deciding to send a large and heavy parcel via this means of transport˳ Otherwise you may end up sending your customer an invoice where the parcel carriage costs are more than the value of the item (This tends to lose you customers)˳
For small and light items it may prove to be the most cost effective and fastest way to get the parcel delivered to your customer at the right price˳
The same can be said of small but heavy parcels˳ It may not cost that much more to send them by airmail, rather than surface mail˳
What may prove costly to send by airmail, will be large items that are actually quite light˳ This is because the airline will use a weight versus parcel volume to calculate how much you will have to pay them to transport it˳ This is because a large lightweight parcel may prevent them from taking their full airfreight capacity in total weight, and thus they lose potential revenue by not being able to carry other parcels due to the size of yours˳
Overall airmail is a very safe, fast and cost effective way of shipping small to medium size parcels, packets and letters˳
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