NAMM to Produce Lacey Act Web Cast

To help Members better understand and comply with the upcoming April 1, 2010 deadline of the Lacey Act, NAMM will host an informative, free Webinar on March 15 at 9 a.m. PDT. The Webinar will be moderated by Mary Luehrsen, NAMM's director of public affairs and government relations who will be joined by Jim Goldberg of Goldberg Associates and NAMM's legislative counsel for the music products industry and Juge Gregg, associate at Washington office of Sidley & Austin, who will address Lacey Act enforcement concerns.  The webinar will also address regulation rules and compliance.   Any NAMM Members are invited to participate.

Note: the live Webinar has ended.  To hear/view the Webinar playback:

https://namm.webex.com/namm/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=10848772&rKey=187eaa...
 

Effective April 1, 2010, all shipments of imported pianos and other stringed instruments (e.g., guitars and violins) will have to be accompanied by a declaration listing, among other things, the scientific name (genus and species) of all wood and other plant material used in the imported product, as well as the country of origin of the wood. Specifically, any imported product subject to Harmonized Tariff Schedule Chapters 9201 and 9202 (http://www.usitc.gov/publications/docs/tata/hts/bychapter/0800c92.pdf) is subject to the new disclosure requirement.

More information about the Lacey Act.