DHL shipping fees

Am buying some items from china and they only have DHL Options for shipping. I paid around $42 for the shipping to the seller.Today i got a text from DHL with charges like duty , vat and kebs fee pekee ni 1k maze. Total is around $32. I can only imagine if it was a single item and i was to sell it i wouldn’t make any profit.
What is your experience?
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You Could Have Shipped with Eastleigh Couriers.

DHL is a No Go Zone, If you are Worried about Taxes and Customs etc…

How long did it take you to get the item??

Not yet as per tracking bado iko bahrain.

If you wonna use DHL, start with them.
They will give you the taxes and then you will get the landed cost of your item.

Well its still expensive compared to what i pay to savostore to ship from USA. $45 paid to seller for shipping with DHL on top of that i pay DHL again $32 after the parcel arrives. And mind you the items are only worth $65.
Think next time i may just ship to usa then ship to kenya using those forwarding companies like savostore or kentex

Enda Africa Salhiya kama venye umeambiwa.
Eastleigh shippers just charge by weight and no taxes.

They have offices in the main countries: China, US, Dubai etc.
Put their specific country office address as delivery address, and they’ll forward the product to Nairobi in about 1 week.

Thanks man, will check them out. As i plan to ship more stuff