APHIS Updates Declaration Form

UPDATE: January 2019 - The proposal to amend annotation #15 (Dalbergia) has been placed on the official CoP18 Docket.

The proposed annotation #15 amendment is as follows: "All parts and derivatives, except:

• leaves, flowers, pollen, fruits, and seeds;
• finished products to a maximum weight of wood of the listed species of 500g per item;
• finished musical instruments finished musical instrument parts and finished musical instrument accessories;
• Dalbergiaparts and derivatives of cochinchinensis, which are covered by annotation #4;
• spp. originating and exported from Mexico, which Dalbergiaparts and derivatives of are covered by annotation #6"

The proposal will be put in the form of a formal resolution, sponsored by a government body and be formally submitted for consideration at the 18th Conference of the Parties in Sri Lanka in May 2019. If adopted, the change would go into effect sometime in mid-summer 2019. For more information, please contact NAMM's Policy Counsel, Jim Goldberg.