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hello, I bought a power bank and hand warmer from aliexpress, I made other purchases from this site but it is the first time that I read this status in the tracking:

Customs declaration, please contact the customs broker for details.

does that mean it's stuck at customs and I have to do something, or should I just wait?
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What country is it currently shown as being in? It'll probably go via surface mail because of the powerbank
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Is already in UK. So I just have to wait?
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What's the tracking number? I don't think that I've ever seen "Customs declaration, please contact the customs broker for details." as a tracking entry which makes me think that it might be coming via Royal Mail but maybe another courier
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It was sent with china ems, the royal mail told me that probably the tracking in UK still need to be updated but I don't understand if there is a problem with custom

The number is AS911814195CN
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No tracking on Royal Mail.

But tracking on the https://t.17track.net/en#nums=AS911814195CN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; which is usually reliable.

says 2019-04-19 03:41
英国, 正在报关,详情请咨询报关行,电话:

This translates in google as

2019-04-19 03:41 United Kingdom, is in the customs declaration, please consult the customs broker for details, telephone:


So yes it looks as though Customs are checking it. So yes its a case of waiting I am afraid.
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Post by Snaggletooth »

This doesn’t look good to me. AFAIK China Post have a blanket ban on lithium batteries. Certainly retailers there send mobile phone from third countries to get round the ban, and lithium batteries are definitely banned in the opposite direction. See this page and look under ‘prohibitions’:

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so I let the package come back without contacting the customs? I didn't know they were forbidden

EDIT: Now the tracking says UK, mail custom clearance complete.

I'm a bit confused...
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Hi
Im looking for my letter. it was sent from Poland 17.04.2019. I know , i see it in e-monitoring Poczta Polska this letter go to UK 19.04.2019 and is still "in transit" i think so is it too long time and i dont know what happend. tracking number is RR257923201PL
Could you help me please, where i can find some information about my letter
thanks Joanna