Yes it is up to the vendors to specify which countries they will ship to and what the cost will be. Every vendor will be different.. its easy enough to view a vendor's profile to get more information about their shipping policy.. you can also add a product to the shopping cart and calculate the shipping.

Yes, we learned from @buckaroo about some of the problems shipping from/to South Africa, otherwise we would love to have her amazing soaps in our Co-op!