I'm freshly registered to my us minutes ago and i'...

I'm freshly registered to my us minutes ago and i'm from mauritius and i'm very dissapointed to say that i will not be able to use my us because of exhorbitant shipping amounts!! I was really thinking that my us was my solution for shopping through us stores etc but in fact NO! I'm starting to think that the rates of shipping costs could only be lower only inside the us only and not outside ! Can you guys explain me why the hell its so expensive ? When i looked at the shipping rates for 1lbs the minimum amount of shipping cost is at 54 or 56 dollars!! And the best of all is that the item i wanted to purchase was only for 17 dollars!! C'monn are you guys serious ?? When i went through your bio you said the contrary !! Do you guys think i will be able to shop through us stores with such rates !!??????? HELLL NOOOO! VERY DISSAPOINTED!!!