<html> At 01:42 PM 4/13/2002 +0200, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hi List.</font><br>  <br> <font face="arial" size=2>I wonder if this is the place for asking this.  If not, please ignore and receive my apologies.</font><br>  <br> <font face="arial" size=2>In the case a private person from Europe sells a piano to a private person in US, is there any VAT charged at the customs in US ? Is there another kind of importing right to pay ?  And how does it work about the ban on ivory ? I heard that no ivory (even piano key tops) could get into US.  What if the piano is an antique (more than 100 years old) ? And what kind of document is sufficient for the customs to prove it is an antique ?</font><br>  <br> <font face="arial" size=2>Many thanks.</font><br>  <br> <font face="arial" size=2>Stéphane Collin</font><br> <font face="arial" size=2>(Brussels, Belgium)</font></blockquote><br> A pritate individual my import a piano with ivory if it is more than twenty-five years old (pre-ban). <br> With a commercial enterprise (dealer) the piano must be at least 100 years old.<br> <br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com"= EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>