ABG Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Has anyone recently moved to Oz and brought their guitars with them and were there any problems? Just found out that in Jan 2017 there was a new CITES international treaty banning the trade in certain woods, rosewood is one of them. Rosewood is however a very popular wood in guitars, with most having a rosewood fretboard. The legislation seems to be mainly around trading in them, but reading online there may also be problems bring them in without CITES certificates to show they were obtained through correct channels. I’m fine with one of my guitars as I bought it new and can get a certificate from the retailer, the other guitar was bought used from e-bay and may be more difficult. I’m interested to hear if anyone has any recent experience with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eera Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Doesn't apply to personal instruments unless they contain more than 10kg of regulated wood. Will be an issue if you want to sell one though. I have two rosewood guitars though have no intention of selling them. This link has a good summary: https://reverb.com/au/news/new-cites-regulations-for-all-rosewood-species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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