Yes ! Is there a way to buy expensive lots of karat gold (from the US) then insured it to the real price and pay no customs fees/taxes ?
I know UPS was crappy with me, they charged me around 40% of the value of the item in «duty fees». USPS has been a way more friendly but there's a limit...
have you tried fedex or the newer company DHL? I know some guys shipping things back and forth use to mark light items as photo's so they weren't x-rayed and were seldom bothered. And the prefered vender was FexEx back in the day.