Export to US between privates

Jon Page jonpage@attbi.com
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:10:20 -0400


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At 01:42 PM 4/13/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi List.
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>I wonder if this is the place for asking this.  If not, please ignore and=
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>receive my apologies.
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>In the case a private person from Europe sells a piano to a private person=
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>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=
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>kind of document is sufficient for the customs to prove it is an antique ?
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>Many thanks.
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>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
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