Sandalwood oil Prices:

Sandalwood oil extracted from the sapwood part of the wood. Sandalwood oil is precious and used for incense purpose. Sandalwood oil is one of the most highly priced items in the essential oil trade, reflecting the nature of the raw material source and the tightness of supplies. In the late 1980s it was fetching almost US$200/kg. Throughout 1992 the price of oil of Indian origin offered by London dealers was about US$140-150/kg; Indonesian oil was about US$5 lower. In mid-1993 the price of Indian oil rose again to US$180/kg and this was still the price in early 1994.

Sandalwood oil prices have risen to $2,000 per kg recently. Sandalwood from the Mysore region of Karnataka (formerly Mysore), and Marayoor forest in kerala, Southern India is high quality. Once Sandalwood was used for making furniture and caskets, but as the tree is nearly extinct, it is only used for the distillation of oil. Because of the threat of total extinction, this oil is now very well controlled in India – but has caused the price of this very fine oil to soar, and become one of the most expensive essential oils on the market – and for that reason we offer the pure oil, as well as a more affordable blend which contains 25% of the pure oil.

The prized properties of the Sandalwood tree are concentrated in the heartwood. As such, the price paid by a buyer will primarily depend upon the oil content and volume of the heartwood, with the more heartwood a piece of timber contains and higher the oil content, the greater its value. In addition to this, timber that has been value-added and timber that have been harvested from native stands will attract higher prices.

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Why Sandalwood is so Expensive

There is a main reason that why sandalwood’s prices are so high because the production of sandalwood has decreased and with that demand is going to be increasing. The strong demand and supply reflected for the heartwood and the sapwood for oil extracting. Due to sandalwood’s high value and rising demand in internal and external markets, sandalwood prices have skyrocketed. We can notice that from the year 1900 to 1990 there is a main increase of price range from 365 Rs/ton to 78000 Rs/ton.

The rise in prices is partly due to a decrease in supplies. During the 1930s through the 1950s, the country’s production was roughly 4,000 tons of heartwood a year; now it is only 2,000 tons. Demand for sandalwood oil fell sharply in the 1970s as a result of very high prices and competition from synthetic substitutes. However, this largely affected the lower-priced formulations and the natural oil has retained its market in the top grade products. Demand now is influenced mostly by supply factors and the way in which this affects prices.

Indian Sandalwood currently trades at between $30,000 and $85,000 per ton, with Sapwood prices ranging from $1,000-$2,500 per ton. The recent clamp down by authorities to stop illegal trade in sandalwood has resulted in higher prices (10-12 percent above normal) for sandalwood at recent auctions.  The volume of oil related exports does not seem to be affected.  Indian exports to the U.S. are exceeding last year’s numbers, already amassing 7,000 kilos, according to figures from the U.S Department of Commerce, 2,000 kilos more than this time last year.

Sandalwood oil Prices: 
Sandalwood oil extracted from the sapwood part of the wood. Sandalwood oil is precious and used for incense purpose. Sandalwood oil is one of the most highly priced items in the essential oil trade, reflecting the nature of the raw material source and the tightness of supplies. In the late 1980s it was fetching almost US$200/kg. Throughout 1992 the price of oil of Indian origin offered by London dealers was about US$140-150/kg; Indonesian oil was about US$5 lower. In mid-1993 the price of Indian oil rose again to US$180/kg and this was still the price in early 1994.

Sandalwood oil prices have risen to $2,000 per kg recently. Sandalwood from the Mysore region of Karnataka (formerly Mysore), and Marayoor forest in kerala, Southern India is high quality. Once Sandalwood was used for making furniture and caskets, but as the tree is nearly extinct, it is only used for the distillation of oil. Because of the threat of total extinction, this oil is now very well controlled in India – but has caused the price of this very fine oil to soar, and become one of the most expensive essential oils on the market – and for that reason we offer the pure oil, as well as a more affordable blend which contains 25% of the pure oil.

The prized properties of the Sandalwood tree are concentrated in the heartwood. As such, the price paid by a buyer will primarily depend upon the oil content and volume of the heartwood, with the more heartwood a piece of timber contains and higher the oil content, the greater its value. In addition to this, timber that has been value-added and timber that have been harvested from native stands will attract higher prices.

Article Coutesy : Hosursandal

Contact:
EDS Farms Private Limited
W101, 2nd Avenue, Anna Nagar ,
Chennai-600040, Tamilnadu.
044 45058348 | 42612288,
7358598899,7358596677
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Sandalwood Essential Oil

Sandalwood oil Extracts from the inner Part of the wood known as Heartwood of Sandalwood . Its oil IS very Precious and That IS the reason it IS Being called as ” Liquid Gold “ . The Fragrance of the oil and Heartwood Are Considered Invaluable in Meditation Practice. Sandalwood oil in today’s world, it is very expensive and raw material available in Western perfumery.

Sandalwood oil has a characteristic sweet, woody odor which is widely employed in the fragrance industry, but more particularly in the higher-priced perfumes. It has excellent blending properties and the presence of a large proportion of high-boiling constituents in the oil (about 90 percent santalols) also makes it valuable as a fixative for other fragrances. Sandalwood Essential Oil has been used in cultural and spiritual ceremonies for centuries.

The Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine uses it for its anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory properties. This creates deep relaxation of the nervous system and that is why it has been used for centuries to enhance meditation. The oil has a woody, exotic smell, . subtle and lingering and the color is pale yellow to pale gold Sandalwood oil is extracted from the chipped heartwood by steam distillation and yields 4 – 6.5%.

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Commercial Uses of Sandalwood:

For many years, it is a tradition that sandalwood has been used for treating digestive complications arising from diarrhea, nausea, colic and gastritis. Sandalwood has magical antiseptic properties that have been successfully employed for treating genito-urinary infections.

Demand for the Sandalwood IS Increasing day by day BECAUSE Sandalwood HAS UTMOST benefits but the ratio of harvesting this tree IS Decreasing and Indian Government banned HAS to Import WA Sandalwood so That it HAS Become more Difficult to Fulfill the Increasing Demand of Timber Market. Pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies are becoming conscious of providing
products whose ingredients have been produced by the natural sandalwood.

In cosmetic preparations it is excellent for reducing wrinkles. In the realm of mental and emotional therapeutics sandalwood is used for treating stress, depression, anxiety and nervous tension as it is both a sedative and tonic. It is thought to naturally control anger and aggression and .. to act upon subtle emotional centers to promote compassion and openness Sandalwood has consolidated its place as a classical fragrance ingredient Prevalent in perfumes, toiletries and aromatherapy products, the demand for sandalwood is stimulated by the growing economies of India and China; both are traditional markets for Sandalwood.

The heartwood of Sandalwood is used for oil extraction and as a carving material to produce scented handicrafts and religious icons.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) heartwood and oil are used for their therapeutic properties. Many religions including Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Brahmins and Taoists use Sandalwood for ceremonies and worship. Funeral pyres, prayer and meditation remain major religious uses for Sandalwood. Pan . Masala is widely used by Indians as a form of mouth freshener This selection of spices, plant material and often Sandalwood oil is chewed by users – much like chewing gum is used in western cultures.

Sandalwood is widely used in fragrance, incense, herbal medicine, worship and carving products. It is one of the most calming incenses and therefore is one of the preferred ones for meditation. It calms the mind, enhances mental clarity, and aids in the opening of the Third Eye. The aroma increases devotion and combined properly can help transmute sexual energy for those who are practicing celibacy.

Many ancient Temples and accessories such as rosaries and staffs are made from this wood. Sandalwood is much prized as a wood for carving and is used for making souvenirs and other items requiring fine workmanship. In India sapwood of sandal is used for wood turning, particularly toy making; the wood comes mainly from trimmings and immature trees killed by spike disease.

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Ten environmental benefits of Sandalwood trees

Climate Change: Climate change happens because of increased emission of CO2 to the atmosphere, this can be tackled by planting large number of trees which absorb CO2 and release the oxygen back thereby reducing climate change.

Clean Air: Trees absorb pollutant gases such as carbon dioxide and potentially harmful gasses, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide from the atmosphere which cleans the air and improves the quality of living in a locality which leads to health benefits to the people.

Water table: The water table increases wherever there are abundant trees as they prevent sunlight and reduces heat which stops loss of water. Also they provide natural filtration and fresh water resources for human population.

Temperature: World reels under global warming due to inadvertent felling of tree habitats and increasing green cover with the help of trees substantially reduces heat.
Soil Erosion: Trees control soil erosion to a very great extent with their roots thereby reducing loss of nutrients from the soil.

Bio Diversity: It’s a well known fact that tress increases biodiversity by their existence which greatly improves ecology, the various living organisms directly and indirectly make the earth a better place.
Flood Control: Trees provide natural flood preventing mechanism, which greatly reduces loss of human life and loss of shelter for people.

Soil Fertility: The fertility of soil at a place surrounded by trees increases phenomenally due to the falling of leaves. The decaying of leaves increases micro organisms which makes the soil fertile and more suitable for cultivation of more trees.

Rainfall: The presence of large number of trees increases rainfall thereby resulting in multiple benefits such as charging of fresh water resources, feeding the oceans etc.
Pollution: Trees reduce Air pollution, Water Pollution and Noise Pollution with their presence and makes the environment more livable and healthy.

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Monopoly of sandalwood trade and its consequences

Sandalwood as a prospective economic resource had played an important role in many of Krishnadevaraya’s (the famous ruler of Vijayanagara Dynasty) expeditions to different parts of the Deccan during the early part of the 16th century13. Tippu Sultan who ruled the Kingdom of Mysore had declared sandalwood tree as a royal tree and took over sandalwood trade of the state on a mono-poly basis around 1792 (ref. 14). This practice was con-tinued by the later Maharajas of Mysore and subsequently by the Karnataka Government until recently. The extrac-tion and disposal of sandalwood came under the jurisdic-tion of the Forest Department in 1864. The classification of the sorted sandalwood into 18 classes was introduced in 1898 (ref. 15) (Table 1; Figure 2).

Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1884–1940) (aka Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV), whose period of sovereignty is often described as the Golden Age of Mysore, was instrumental in conceiving the idea of starting a sandal-wood oil factory. Outbreak of the World War I had a severe impact on the forest economy of Mysore due to discontinuation of the traditional export markets for san-dalwood. Out of 1313 tonnes of sandalwood offered for sale in 1914–15, only 70 tonnes could be disposed off. And the huge stock of unsold wood was fortuitously no-ticed by the Maharaja of Mysore, during his visit to the Forest Department at Sankey Road in Bengaluru in 1916. It dawned upon him that oil should be extracted from this stock to obtain a high value-added product. After discuss-ing this matter with the then Dewan of Mysore, M. Vis-vesvaraya and Alfred Chatterton, the first Director of Industries and Commerce of erstwhile State of Mysore, the first sample of sandalwood oil was extracted under the leadership of professors J. J. Sudbourough and H. E. Watson, scientists working at the Indian Institute of Sci-ence (IISc), Bengaluru16. After the successful operation, a sandalwood oil distillery was started in 1916 in the vici-nity of Sankey Tank, Malleswaram, Bengaluru. This unit was later shifted to Mysore in 1917 and eventually became the renowned Government Sandalwood Oil Fac-tory. The Mysore sandal oil gained international popular-ity for its fine quality.

Over 70 years ago, nearly 90% of the natural sandal-wood populations occurred in the southern part of Karna-taka and northern part of Tamil Nadu17. Excessive harvesting without replenishment of this invaluable re-source has substantially reduced the sandalwood industry, resulting in global shortage and soaring of market prices. Importantly, S. album has been categorized as ‘vulner-able’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1997. In Karnataka, sandalwood populations are sparse and devoid of larger girth classes; mature trees have been nearly vandalized. The major cause of the decline of sandalwood has been smug-gling.

The monopolistic rule on sandalwood had prevented anyone excepting the personnel of Forest Department to harvest and sell it. Unlike the situation with major com-mercial timber tree species such as teak, sal, pine, deodar, oak, acacia, eucalyptus, casuarina, willow and poplar in India, sandalwood stands out as one species for which no organized plantations have been established. Realizing the disadvantages of this rule and taking cognizance of the grim situation, the Governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu promulgated The Karnataka Forest (Amend-ment) Act 2001 and The Tamil Nadu Forest (Amendment) Act 2002 respectively. The former Act clearly stated that ‘every occupant or the holder of land shall be legally entitled to the sandalwood tree in his land’. At that point of time, the owners had no option but to sell sandalwood exclusively to the Forest Department. Presently, the Gov-ernment of Karnataka has authorized Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited and the Karnataka State Handi-crafts Development Corporation to buy sandalwood directly from the landowners20. Although the debate on the consequences of this amendment is outside the pur-view of this article, it has paved the way for encouraging community and private entrepreneurs to cultivate sandal-wood which is in great demand.

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