So, recently CITES added all Rosewoods to appendix II, which in this case includes restrictions on finished products made from these woods. They also added Bubinga. Apparently, From 2nd January 2017 if you wish to export products that contain these species then the export will need to be accompanied by a CITES re-export permit.
Does anyone know more about this? This hits a lot of my favorite woods, all Dalbergias including woods like African Blackwood, Cocobolo, Kingwood, Tulipwood, and then also Bubinga. I only use a few grams of these woods in my pens, but it sounds like I can't sell them outside of my home country without a permit now? For me it's not worth dealing with the permits because it's only really a hobby for me, so I'll just have to find different woods to use instead. I'm wondering how other pen makers and other industries are going to deal with it. Guitar makers seem a bit rattled. Will this push people to more convenient alternatives, causing those alternatives to be plundered until they're endangered too?
https://reverb.com/news/new-cites-regulations-for-all-rosewood-species
Does anyone know more about this? This hits a lot of my favorite woods, all Dalbergias including woods like African Blackwood, Cocobolo, Kingwood, Tulipwood, and then also Bubinga. I only use a few grams of these woods in my pens, but it sounds like I can't sell them outside of my home country without a permit now? For me it's not worth dealing with the permits because it's only really a hobby for me, so I'll just have to find different woods to use instead. I'm wondering how other pen makers and other industries are going to deal with it. Guitar makers seem a bit rattled. Will this push people to more convenient alternatives, causing those alternatives to be plundered until they're endangered too?
https://reverb.com/news/new-cites-regulations-for-all-rosewood-species
