Once upon a time (10 to 7) years ago, it did cost 60 cents or even less to send a small international parcel using China Post. The market rate for international postage was around 80 cents retail, but eCommerce companies can get volume discount down to 68 cents, and opt for provincial eCommerce development subsidies, which brought the price of postage down to 48c.

I knew few Russians who made a non insignificant amount of money by going to China and setting up their own mail order dropshipping companies the same way locals did.