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Black Pepper Oil 
Black Pepper Oil is seeing astronomically high prices with current levels ten times higher than in 2006! The demand for the oil has increased in multiples, whereas production has not kept up. Black Pepper Oil is a by-product of the production of Oleoresin Black Pepper, therefore the availability is directly proportionate to the demand for Oleoresin Black Pepper. The phenomenon reported by our partner in India is that demand for Black Pepper Oleoresin has increased around 10% annually, whereas demand for Black Pepper Oil has seen exponential growth.
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Palmarosa Oil   Prices of Palmarosa Oil keep softening, and appear to be landing on a more sustainable plateau for local farmers. The distillation of the oil happens every quarter. Our partner has very limited inventory from the last two cuttings, and expects only moderate quantities of material from the upcoming winter cutting. In 2008, prices had become so low that many farmers switched to other more lucrative crops. This resulted in extremely poor availability and caused prices to increase 4-fold. The situation has much improved since. |
Lemongrass Oil East Indian  Lemongrass is plentiful and prices are soft. This grass grows well in the southern parts of India. Its oil has traditionally been trading at affordable and sustainable levels, even though it increased marginally in the second half of 2010. There were reports of adulteration of the oil with synthetic Citral added to enhance the quality and therbey bringing down the price in 2010. Hence, the prices dropped and genuine manufacturers found it difficult to compete. (Note that Vigon also offers an alternate origin : a premium quality "Lemongrass oil Guatemala") |
Davana Oil  2011 crop Davana prices remain soft.This oil is the first harvest of the calendar year in India with the crop being expected in March. At the time of this writing, Vigon has not received any forewarnings from source regarding 2012 growing conditions. Whereas the 2011 crop conditions were poor, prices remain low thanks to heavy carryover inventories. We invite you to read the article on Davana published by Pierre Hellivan in Perfumer& Flavorist (Nov 2011) . |
