The main document in connection with Rosewood parts for Musical Instruments is the CITES comparable document.
In order to obtain the CITES comparable document we have to first obtain the Legal Procurement Certificate. Since, the whole Dalbergia genus is now listed under CITES appendix II list since 2017.
Yes, all countries have different compliances with regards to the permitting process for CITES listed species.
Countries in the EU like Spain & Ireland require the importer to obtain an import CITES permit based on the CITES comparable document issued from India.
Most of the exporters purchase rosewood logs from online e-auctions conducted by the Karnataka Forest department and Kerala Forest department.
These auctions are conducted by the Govt. Forest departments with all the necessary compliances in place.
No, not all rosewood trees are in the Coffee estates, there are dead and fallen logs coming in from the Forest areas too.
The Forest department abides with a 10 year Working Plan which follows a rotation plan of the particular compartments in a range where in the designated Forest official will identify and procure the dead and fallen rosewood trees and standing dry trees that are to be brought into the Govt Timber depots.
Yes, the Forest Conservation Policy permits only dead and fallen trees to be brought into the auction and there is a ban on felling of green rosewood trees except in the private Coffee estates.
In the Coffee estates a permission must be obtained in order to fell the rosewood trees from the concerned Forest department and before issuing this permission the designated forest official verifies and checks the girth and age of the rosewood tree ensuring that it is of a matured age and surpassed a certain girth and age as per the Forest department rules failing which the permission will not be issued.
Yes, Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore has completed a study on Rosewood population and regeneration status in Karnataka and Kerala.
This study will be available on a public platform soon.
Yes, Overseas Traders has created a platform by the name of ‘The Aranya Niran’ where our main aim is to protect and conserve this beautiful species of Dalbergia Latifolia by planting saplings of this species in a 30 Acre farm land purchased by us in Sannavalli, Mundgod in Karnataka.
No, Dalbergia Sissoo or Sheesham is North Indian rosewood reddish in color and found in the northern part of India. This particular species - Dalbergia Sissoo is majorly used in handicraft products.
Grading will depend on a variety of factors like grain pattern, defects like knots, silica content & holes, color variations in the form of Stains or yellow stain. These variations occur naturally and based on these factors we have a system of grading the products based on their extent of the defects & variations.
Rosewood trees are slow growing and for us to obtain a Jumbo dreadnought back, the tree would have easily been more than a 100 years old. Sometimes the dense, dark and tight grained sets come back from very old trees, maybe more than 200 years old.
The main document in connection with Rosewood parts for Musical Instruments is the CITES comparable document. In order to obtain the CITES comparable document we have to first obtain the Legal Procurement Certificate. Since, the whole Dalbergia genus is now listed under CITES appendix II list since 2017.
Yes, all countries have different compliances with regards to the permitting process for CITES listed species. Countries in the EU like Spain & Ireland require the importer to obtain an import CITES permit based on the CITES comparable document issued from India.
Most of the exporters purchase rosewood logs from online e-auctions conducted by the Karnataka Forest department and Kerala Forest department. These auctions are conducted by the Govt. Forest departments with all the necessary compliances in place
No, not all rosewood trees are in the Coffee estates, there are dead and fallen logs coming in from the Forest areas too. The Forest department abides with a 10 year Working Plan which follows a rotation plan of the particular compartments in a range where in the designated Forest official will identify and procure the dead and fallen rosewood trees and standing dry trees that are to be brought into the Govt Timber depots.
Yes, the Forest Conservation Policy permits only dead and fallen trees to be brought into the auction and there is a ban on felling of green rosewood trees except in the private Coffee estates. In the Coffee estates a permission must be obtained in order to fell the rosewood trees from the concerned Forest department and before issuing this permission the designated forest official verifies and checks the girth and age of the rosewood tree ensuring that it is of a matured age and surpassed a certain girth and age as per the Forest department rules failing which the permission will not be issued.
Yes, Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore has completed a study on Rosewood population and regeneration status in Karnataka and Kerala. This study will be available on a public platform soon.
Yes, Overseas Traders has created a platform by the name of ‘The Aranya Niran’ where our main aim is to protect and conserve this beautiful species of Dalbergia Latifolia by planting saplings of this species in a 30 Acre farm land purchased by us in Sannavalli, Mundgod in Karnataka.
No, Dalbergia Sissoo or Sheesham is North Indian rosewood reddish in color and found in the northern part of India. This particular species - Dalbergia Sissoo is majorly used in handicraft products.
Grading will depend on a variety of factors like grain pattern, defects like knots, silica content & holes, color variations in the form of Stains or yellow stain.These variations occur naturally and based on these factors we have a system of grading the products based on their extent of the defects & variation.
Rosewood trees are slow growing and for us to obtain a Jumbo dreadnought back, the tree would have easily been more than a 100 years old. Sometimes the dense, dark and tight grained sets come back from very old trees, maybe more than 200 years old.