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Further clarification depending on which market you are in, as you raised CITES: Pau Ferro sometimes referred to as ‘Bolivian Rosewood’ has been substituted for the typical East Indian rosewood in export markets (because of CITES). Hopefully this situation will revert back to EIRW once the recent CITES reversal on finished musical instruments has taken effect.