Shipping a guitar with a rosewood fretboard to USA?

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Shipping a guitar with a rosewood fretboard to USA?

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Hi team,

I have a guitar I’m planning on sending to the states for repair. Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience with sending a guitar with rosewood over that way since regulations got a bit more staunch?

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To be more specific should I be getting a CITES certificate? How would I get this if so and have you ever got one?

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Good starting point:

https://reverb.com/nz/news/new-cites-re ... od-species

Edit: For something like this I'd go straight to the relevant authority's website rather than a forum. As well meaning as a lot of advice is, it's not something you'd want to get wrong.

Edit: A little reading and I note that the rules don't apply to non-commercial shipments. If something's going overseas for repair I wonder if that's considered commercial?

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/cites/p ... _clean.pdf

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Thanks, Molly! I actually skimmed over this earlier but missed that part. I think I’ll get in touch with NZ Customs just to see if there’s anything required to show it actually is being shipped for repair.

Edit: Nope didn’t skim over this I think it’s something else altogether. Very thorough indeed ha!
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Very thorough Brian, now get back to work :clap:
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Glad I was prompted to do that bit of research, m'self. Had wondered about shipping my guitars and if I need accompany them etc. Less stressed about it now.

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Cites only concerns a few species of timbers marketed as "Rosewood". Not all rosewoods are the same

The main rosewood CITES impacts is dalbergia nigra or true Brazilian Rosewood.

I doubt very much if you have a guitar that uses that species for the fingerboard, it's terrifically uncommon.

Your first task should be to find out species your guitar incorporates.
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Ears wrote:Cites only concerns a few species of timbers marketed as "Rosewood". Not all rosewoods are thesame

The main one CITES impacts is dalbegria nigra or true Brazilian Rosewood.

I doubt very much if you have a guitar that uses that species for the fingerboard, it's terrifically uncommon.

Your first task should be to find out species your guitar incorporates.
Given the info already posted I don't think that's necessary. He's just sending it for repair.

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Ah well, i suspect none of it will apply to his instrument anyway.
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