Quoted from chad:I thought I would update and say that after 17 days in holding, I did receive my part from the Netherlands.
The five ISC centers (created in 1996) are massive clearinghouse's only for goods in or out of the country. It was kind of an experiment in 'int'l procssing efficiency'. The incoming stuff all gets dumped into their processing bins, and then as time permits, clearances are checked and then these are dispatched to traditional regional distribution centers. I think it's fair to say the ISC is a huge bottleneck, and that waiting for inbound to become outbound through an ISC could easily take 2 weeks. The ISC sounded good on paper, but really hasn't benefitted anyone...