How to tell where your package is in customs?

Tracking with USPS customs form number?

• I shipped out a package via USPS First Class International Mail to Australia from PA. I handed the clerk the package with the shipping and return addresses printed on the package and paid for it. I NEVER filled out any "customs forms" that I'm hearing a lot of people doing. I asked the clerk if they offered any tracking or delivery confirmation and they said no. A few days later, I looked at the receipt they gave me and I notice a "Customs form #" on it. I typed the number into USPS' Track & Confirm page and it says this: Class: First-Class Mail International Service(s): International Letter Status: Acceptance Your item was accepted at 10:44 am on January 31, 2011 in UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later. My friend did the same, and this is what it says on his Customs Form Number: Class: First-Class Mail International Service(s): International Letter Status: Processed through Sort Facility Your item was processed through and left our JAMAICA, NY 11430 facility on February 01, 2011 at 7:15 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later. Detailed Results: Processed through Sort Facility, February 01, 2011, 7:15 am, JAMAICA, NY 11430 Acceptance, January 31, 2011, 1:44 pm, BRONX, NY 10463 Apparently his Customs Form Number is tracking his package. Will this track the package and/or tell me if it has been delivered?

• Answer:

  no tracking is assured for first class mail. You may get lucky and find this information if the receiving country enters the data. http://www.usps.com/international/sendpackages.htm