#1 resource for Cigar Box Guitars, Free Plans, How-To, Parts & More!

If you use any of the 200 species of Rosewood in your guitars and shipor receive from outside of your country, read this!

New C.I.T.E.S. regulations come into effect January 2, 2017 that will make the export/import of any rosewood (all 200 species) and/or the import/export of any guitar/musical instrument that has ANY form or amount of that wood subject to requiring the seller/receiver to apply for, pay for, and prove said documents.

Check out the story at reverb.com

https://reverb.com/ca/news/new-cites-regulations-for-all-rosewood-s...

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on December 12, 2016 at 9:37pm

Horsecrap how are they going to inforce that get your fingerboards now and keep the receipt.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 13, 2016 at 1:07am

great post Scott . re-export certificates are nothing new for guitars etc , they have tried it before ( if you have noticed on most actual guitar cardboard boxes "country of origin " with a blank " is usually stamped on it . this was supposed to take care of and highlight exports , re-imports . re-exports and regions of concern . you would pay extra to export , but not to import back ,, and you would self flag regions of concern . hardly anyone filled in the blank . or if they did , they lied . and it just didnt work . there is also currently a ban / claim requirement on any unfinished wood . again . rarely enforced . this is yet another attempt to "police with profit " . by taxing the law abiders willing to pay instead of going after the actual bad guys that are not . it will be hard as hell to enforce and once they realize how hard it is and how much work is involved , it too will fade away . ironically with the only people getting checked and charged extra , and their items delayed being the law abiding citizens that apply for the form and pay and fill it out . :-/

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on December 13, 2016 at 2:52am

It does not apply to instruments shipped within the borders of your country or instruments carried for personal use while traveling internationally [unless they contain more than 22 lbs. (10 kg) of the regulated woods].

this is going to be a nightmare to police....

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Gordon Cooper on December 14, 2016 at 12:46pm

One of my favorite cameras (My Speed Graphic from 1943) is made from a species of Mahogany that no longer exists. It was harvested out of being c. 1950, which is why Graflex switched to a pressed resin and aluminum body structure. A few folks have stripped down their Speeds to wood, then finished them. Amazingly beautiful! And sobering. The Romans harvested out of existence the most desired spice of their era, sylphium. We don't know what it tasted like. So please, be sure you are in compliance. Or find a domestic wood that will work as well. What about ash or hickory?