<!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>Thank you very = much, Jon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No idea about extra costs at the = customs ?</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> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jonpage@attbi.com href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">Jon = Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 12, 2002 = 4:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Export to US = between privates </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 01:42 PM 4/13/2002 +0200, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="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>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>