---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 01:42 PM 4/13/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Hi List. > >I wonder if this is the place for asking this. If not, please ignore and= =20 >receive my apologies. > >In the case a private person from Europe sells a piano to a private person= =20 >in US, is there any VAT charged at the customs in US ? Is there another=20 >kind of importing right to pay ? And how does it work about the ban on=20 >ivory ? I heard that no ivory (even piano key tops) could get into=20 >US. What if the piano is an antique (more than 100 years old) ? And what= =20 >kind of document is sufficient for the customs to prove it is an antique ? > >Many thanks. > >St=E9phane Collin >(Brussels, Belgium) A pritate individual my import a piano with ivory if it is more than=20 twenty-five years old (pre-ban). With a commercial enterprise (dealer) the piano must be at least 100 years= old. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/78/e5/ac/60/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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