Sanxian and the customs

[shadowmaster]

Hi, half year ago I bought a sanxian and got plenty of lessons on that beautiful instrument. But in about 4 months I'll move back to my home country Germany and have to deal with the CITES certificate and the fact that without proper documents it might be confiscated.

After doing some research I've found the manifacturer's website, and the distributor/wholesales situated in Beijing. To prove that the skin is NOT one of the prohibited things the manufacturers in China usually ship a certificate which is NOT the CITES export permit but states precisely what kind of skin was used. So my question is - how should this look alike and can somebddy supply a copy of that so I have something to ask for? I live actually in Mongolia and the people here are kind of stupid when it's up to bureaucracy.

[xindi]

Hi there,

I'm with stoopid in my own kind of way. For instance - I don't understand why you would need a CITES export, for an artificial/simulation synthetic skin product. As an artificial non-CITES item, there would be no need for a CITES-like export permit surely? Thus the manufacturer certificate could look like anything they chose to print on it.

If it's any consolation, maybe all kinds of people are stupid when it comes to bureaucracy :/