
Originally Posted by
Simon Barden
Yes, all rosewoods are now CITES class 2 listed.
Every rosewood import should have paperwork associated with it, though you may not see it and I believe (But I'm not 100% sure) new guitars from the big manufacturers have a serial number database that customs can access rather than have paper copies of the relevant CITES documentation. I doubt anyone is really going to get upset over a small truss rod cover, but all it takes is one customs officer who's had a bad day...