In theory the stuff they send should go through customs, but they practically DDoS the system by sending the 20 things you ordered in 20 packages, all marked below the price that would warrant a customs declaration - no matter the actual cost of the item.
The customs over here would've had to hire a significant percentage of the whole population just to manage the packages...
I've never had a single AliExpress package be held at customs and I've been ordering stuff from there before it was cool.
In theory the stuff they send should go through customs, but they practically DDoS the system by sending the 20 things you ordered in 20 packages, all marked below the price that would warrant a customs declaration - no matter the actual cost of the item.
The customs over here would've had to hire a significant percentage of the whole population just to manage the packages...
I've never had a single AliExpress package be held at customs and I've been ordering stuff from there before it was cool.