CITES - also known as the Washington Convention (wikipedia) - is an international agreement to protect plants thomann and animals.
In autumn, some varieties of wood which are used in the manufacture of musical instruments, among other uses, were included in the list of endangered species. which now includes some bubinga and rosewood varieties, particularly African rosewood. Therefore, these varieties have been subject to strict sales and thomann export regulations since January 2017, which we, of course, adhere to.
The environment is an important concern for us here at Thomann, but of course neither we nor other manufacturers of musical instruments have been able to sell off our old stock and come up with new versions of thomann our instruments which contain exclusively sustainable wood in the limited time of three months. Furthermore, in some countries not all of the regulations have been implemented, so that CITES products cannot be sent to these countries for the time being.
Please use these pages to learn about the effects thomann of CITES on the equipment you already own. We will keep this space up to date with further developments.