<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi List.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder if this is the place for = asking this.  If not, please ignore and receive my apologies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><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></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Brussels, = Belgium)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>