CITES Regulations For The Importation And Exportation Of
Rosewood Effective January 2, 2017
For United States and Canada Fender, Fender Custom Shop, Squier, Jackson, Charvel,
Gretsch or EVH consumers:On January 2, 2017, new requirements stemming from the Convention on the International
Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) became effective that impact theimportation and exportation of certain species of rosewood, namely Indian and Indonesianrosewood (more specifically, the genus Dalbergia and three bubinga species -- Guibourtia
demeusei, Guibourtia pellegriniana, and Guibourtia tessmannii). Fender Musical Instruments
Corporation (FMIC) has prepared this overview of the new requirements for your background.
Additional information can be found on the CITES website (https://cites.org/eng) and/or the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service website (https://www.fws.gov/) and/or the Environment and Climate
Change Canada (http://www.ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=En&n=1BC82E16-1).
At a meeting in October 2016, CITES member countries decided to add all species ofrosewood not already covered by CITES (species other than Brazilian rosewood) to CITES
Appendix II. This means that in order to export this rosewood (including products made with thisrosewood, such as guitars and basses) on January 2, 2017 or later, an export permit issued by themanagement authority of the country of export will be needed. Importing countries will require
this export permit at the time of importation and may, but are not required to, also require a separate
import permit.
The new “Appendix II” requirements do not impact instruments shipped domesticallywithin the United States or Canada or instruments transported internationally for personal, noncommercial use, provided the instrument contains no more than 22 lb (10 kg) of Appendix IIrosewood. “Non-commercial use” means a use related to an activity that is not commercial, i.e.,
not related to an activity that is reasonably likely to result in economic use, gain, or benefit,including, but not limited to, profit (whether in cash or in kind), and includes, but is not limited to,personal use. Examples of non-commercial items include gifts, items not intended for sale thatare carried in personal baggage or as part of a household move, and items that are personally owned
and shipped to oneself.
For US and Canada consumers who want to ship Fender instruments that contain Appendix
II rosewood from the United States to another country or from Canada to another country
for commercial reasons or for non-commercial reasons, but the shipment is greater than 22
lb (10kg):
What to do:
From United States to Another Country: Apply for a Federal Fish and Wildlife Re-Export Permit
issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Then determine whether a separate import permit
will also be required from the country into which the product will be imported. For importingprocedures of the specific country which you are shipping to, please refer to that country’s
importing regulations and requirements.
From Canada to Another Country: Apply for an Application for CITES Permit issued by theEnvironment and Climate Change Canada. Then determine whether a separate import permit will
also be required from the country into which the product will be imported. For importing
procedures of the specific country which you are shipping to, please refer to that country’s
importing regulations and requirements.
Where to do it:
United States: You can obtain the re-export permit application form from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service website at: https://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-32.pdf.
Canada: You can obtain the re-export permit application form from Environment and Climate
Change Canada at: http://www.ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=En&n=BA634294-1.
For offices other countries requirements, please refer to this list:
https://cites.org/eng/cms/index.php/component/cp.
FMIC will provide documentation to assist with re-export permit application: Depending on
when your instrument was manufactured, FMIC will provide, upon request, either a PreConvention certificate and/or the CITES export permit that FMIC used to import the rosewood
into the United States. If you would like to receive such documentation, please have the serial
number(s) of the instrument(s) ready and contact Fender Consumer Relations at:
Telephone: 800-856-9801
E-Mail: consumerrelations@fender.com***

We hope that this overview is helpful. If you have any questions that are not addressed here, orotherwise have any questions about how these requirements apply to you or your business, pleaserefer to the CITES or US Fish and Wildlife websites or Environment and Climate Change Canada
or contact your legal advisor. FMIC is committed to assisting its customers, but is not able toprovide legal advice and is not responsible in any way for others’ non-compliance with governing
requirements or regulations and/or detained or seized shipments or other results from suchrequirements.