CITES - rosewood and international shipping

[JeKo]

As many of you may know, exporting rosewood (including indian rw) will require documentation as soon as 2017 hits. How much will these new regulations affect Anderson and will you guys still offer rosewood on international builds?

[tom]

the agencies in control do not have all the details in place yet, so we are not shipping any rosewood overseas until it gets squared away. i'm sure it will fine in the end, but we are prepping for a rough road through march. we have applied for the permits and certifications but they are saying lead times could be as long as 90 days.

the wood availability is not an issue. there are no issues in shipping domestically.

[Salmon]

A thread was just removed on the exact same topic that had gone on for a while. Here's a link for a PDF that may contain answers you might be looking for:
http://americanorchestras.org/images/stories/webinars/NewRulesProtectedSpeciesMusicalInstruments_2016.pd f