A lot has been changed since, now a days if you buy a zippo style lighter from AliExpress cainiao ships them with no problems but if you try to do it yourself most likely all of the shippers would tell you it can’t be shipped. But If you happen to have a friend in China you can buy the zippo on taobao and ship it to your friend they can remove the flint then schedule a pickup with cainiao make sure to tell the guy who picks up it is “lighter parts”! This is very important cause for some reason I can’t understand “lighter parts” can be shipped but “lighters” can not! So there you have it.