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Tavy, of course you are right, however, the problem is obtaining a valid CITES permit:
Application for export permit, waiting up to six months, then having the documents stamped by the US Customs...

If I get the necessary CITES permit and import the instrument, how much is my instrument worth then?

Just in case that anybody may find this interesting: I checked with the German government...

Thank you all for your advice! So it is not that big of a problem as I thought . Elderly and vintagemandolin.com seem to have Gibson EM200s in stock; I'll ask them about international shipping....

I'm about to buy a Gibson EM200 (aka Gibson Florentine). These electric mandolin always have fingerboards made of Brazilian Rosewood.

Such instruments are almost impossible to find in Europe...