This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thank you very much, Jon. No idea about extra costs at the customs ? St=E9phane Collin (Brussels, Belgium) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jon Page=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Export to US between privates=20 At 01:42 PM 4/13/2002 +0200, you wrote: Hi List. =20 I wonder if this is the place for asking this. If not, please = ignore and receive my apologies. =20 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 ? =20 Many thanks. =20 St=E9phane Collin (Brussels, Belgium) A pritate individual my import a piano with ivory if it is more than = twenty-five years old (pre-ban).=20 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/ea/c3/f9/16/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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