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jmcustomguitars

sorry if you guys believe that is a better place to out this please tell me where or if you can just move, I belie that this will be with great interest for most of the UK builders

I believe that those are good news , speciality for makers and musicians that play, and sell,  around the globe 

sorry but the best this will be with a link
www.cites.org/eng/updates_decisions_cop18_species_proposals

stickyfiddle

Fantastic news. Does anyone have the original text that has been amended to see the full context? 

I assume this still doesn't give a full exemption to Braz rosewood? 

octatonic

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@stickyfiddle I read this to mean that BRW is allowed (because it is covered under Dalbergia spp.meaning species) provided it is on a finished instrument.
You still will not be able to export raw BRW or any other finished Dalbergia product over 500g.

stickyfiddle

octatonic said:

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@stickyfiddle I read this to mean that BRW is allowed (because it is covered under Dalbergia spp.meaning species) provided it is on a finished instrument.
You still will not be able to export raw BRW or any other finished Dalbergia product over 500g.

Impressive if true. Not that I'm buying anything vintage any time soon, but if it allows importation of a fretboard attached to e.g. a 60's Strat without hassle that's a Good Thing.

Danielsguitars

That's really good news 

fandango

There’s still the problem of/ with the jobsworths. 

octatonic

fandango said:

There’s still the problem of/ with the jobsworths. 

True but I’ve relocated twice in the last year (have I even mentioned it??) and no one is looking.

This includes an instrument made almost entirely of rosewood with no label (self build).

There is just too much illegal stuff being shipped about for them to worry about individual instruments.

If you are importing 100 guitars made from illegal rosewood then expect trouble but it has been expected for some time that it would change so it seems that individual instrument checks were deprioritised some time ago.

gavin_axecaster

octatonic said:

To save people clicking:


@stickyfiddle I read this to mean that BRW is allowed (because it is covered under Dalbergia spp.meaning species) provided it is on a finished instrument.
You still will not be able to export raw BRW or any other finished Dalbergia product over 500g.

Brazilian rosewood is covered under Appendix I - this is only an amendment to Appendix II.

octatonic

gavin_axecaster said:

octatonic said:

To save people clicking:


@stickyfiddle I read this to mean that BRW is allowed (because it is covered under Dalbergia spp.meaning species) provided it is on a finished instrument.
You still will not be able to export raw BRW or any other finished Dalbergia product over 500g.

Brazilian rosewood is covered under Appendix I - this is only an amendment to Appendix II.

gavin_axecaster said:

octatonic said:

To save people clicking:


@stickyfiddle I read this to mean that BRW is allowed (because it is covered under Dalbergia spp.meaning species) provided it is on a finished instrument.
You still will not be able to export raw BRW or any other finished Dalbergia product over 500g.

Brazilian rosewood is covered under Appendix I - this is only an amendment to Appendix II.

Ah ok, good to know.