Don't blame the US vendor....blame your very own incompetent government and in particular, the buffoons running your postal service. This is neither political theater nor personal opinion. This is fact and has been ongoing for over 2 years now. I ship daily to both OZ and NZ so know of what I speak. St. Paul quoted you USPS Priority Air Express pricing for a single package weighing less than 1 US pound. This method of shipping is the ONLY inbound method that NZ will accept due to their ongoing Covid hysteria. But don't believe me. Click the link.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm
That's because your on the Soviet side of the USA, they still have to use mules to transport due to the tree huggers, don't worry it's spreading here to the Soviet state of n.j. .
Just because Seattle has a statue from Russia of Joesph Stalin and the people elected self proclaimed communist doesn’t mean; oh never mind, your right ��.
I hear over in rural PA, they're getting ready to make a statue of some guy named John out of the tears of children and melted down Kawasaki 2 stroke engine cases.