Spring has Sprung!

	SunRose Aromatics, LLC
23 March 2003
Vol. 3, Issue 04
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1.  Welcome to SRA Subscribers
2   News from the Cookson Market Updates
3.  Extracts in NYC - Trade Show ~ Reminder
4.  Sandalwood Sadness
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1. Welcome to SRA Subscribers.

Welcome to the SRA Newsletter, we hope you will find it 
informative and entertaining.  Our goal is to share with 
our customers ~ information: featuring articles from SRA 
& others that will share their knowledge and expertise, 
any new products, specials that are going on and any 
news regarding the essential oil trade.

SRA welcomes feedback and 
comments from our readers!
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2. News from the Cookson Market Updates~

Cookson & Co have gained a strong reputation for 
straight talk and open discussion of actual market conditions.
Below are some excerpts from their Market Updates that 
I felt were important to mention as they effect us all.

Shipping:  With U.S. Customs Inspectors now examining 
many shipments destined for the U.S.A. at the point of 
departure (particularly within Europe), delays of up to 
10 days can occur as goods wait in line.	

Regulations:  US Customs now require notification of any 
import shipment 24 hours prior to the loading of the vessel.   
Exporters should be certain such information is transmitted 
in a timely manner.

Buchu Oil:  We are told that ideally harvesting should occur 
only every other year whereas the high prices have encouraged 
harvesting every 6 months.The lots we have seen recently have 
had unusual analysis's suggesting either end-of-the-season oil 
or perhaps cross-pollenenation.	

Grapefruit oil: It is now really difficult to get any "good quality" 
oil. Even poor quality lots are tight and ever-more expensive	
Grapefruit Oil:  As we have been mentioning for some time, 
the supply of white and pink has become a real problem; even 
lots that were spurned earlier have now sold.  We do not see 
this situation changing radically in the near future.	

Sandalwood Oil:  Prices have jumped once again.  Buyers are 
riding off into the sunset at a rapid pace.

Sandalwood Oil:  We were told that the Indian government 
wood auction scheduled for January 29th and 30th only had
185mt for sale.  At the auction last October 489mt was sold.	

Sandalwood Oil:  With prices moving ever higher we are again 
reminded how much cheaper Australian is.	

We all know the ultimate fate of oils that disappear off the
top of the price graph.	

Sandalwood Oil:  Small quantities of "Agmarked" Oil are now 
available but the frequency with which supplies "disappear" 
for long periods has forced most buyers to eliminate Agmark 
certification as a purchasing standard.

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3. Extracts' in NYC ~ Reminder
    Speaker Mynou deMey
    Excite your senses.
    Expand your business

Time is drawing near.  Just a last minute reminder 
of the upcoming show next week.!

A trade show for Aromatherapy, fragrance and personal care.

Speaker ~  Mynou deMey ~ Director
           American Institute of Aromatherapy

Seminar date:  March 28, 2003
Seminar Title: The Art of Custom Blending and 
               How it Can Boost Retail Sales
Time : 10 to 11 am
Place: Room TBD

Extract Dates ~ 
March 28 - 31, 2003
Jacob K Javits Convention Center
New York, New York

Whether your in search of staples like candles, fragrances
and cosmetics, or the hottest, most innovative products to
capture your customers' imagination.

Whether yours is big or small, its the perfect place to make 
new contacts, cultivate existing relationships and give your
business what it needs to grow.

Attend the many different seminars that can give 
your business what it needs to succeed. 

George Little Management
800-272- SHOW or 914-421-3206
www.extractsny.com

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4.  Sandalwood Sadness ~ 

The most valuable part of the sandalwood tree is the 
scented heartwood. If the tree establishes itself in a 
favorable location it will begin forming the heartwood 
after 10 years of growth. At that point the girth of the 
tree will be about 9 inches and its height 10 feet. 

After 20 years the heartwood begins to form rapidly and 
reaches its prime in the '50-60' year range at which point 
the tree will be about 2-3 feet in girth, and up to 60 feet high. 

The trees having reached this stage and considered ripe 
for harvest are uprooted not cut, as the roots are highest in 
oil content. The appropriate time for doing this is just after 
the rainy season so as to reduce labor. 

Due to its high value sandalwood is exploited by thieves 
and smugglers. They have developed many ingenious means 
for transporting the wood to people willing to illegally 
traffic in this commodity. 

Penalties for detection of illicit trading of Sandalwood are severe and the government is making restrictions on the purchasing of Sandalwood ever more stringent.

Most of the Sandalwood of cutting age are gone.  Over harvested.
As the way of Brazilian Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora Duke) 
Sandalwood is or should be on the endangered spieces list. 

This wonderful oil as we know it, may not be had again in my lifetime. A precious treasure. Therefore, unless there is a miracle and I know miracles do happen, I am letting it be known that once the stock of ethically harvested Sandalwood that I do have is sold, there will be no more to be had from SunRose. 

If this is a material that you use in your formulas you may want to look around for an alternative. This is not to say that you may find Sandalwood from India from other sources in the future.  However,buyer beware.

I am in the process of getting samples from Australia. Though it should be known that the spieces is different.  I have been told this is a fine Sandalwood, that will only get better with age. 

A very good oil - not identical to Indian but very similar, 
with the major differences being the ratios of alpha / beta santanol. The species is Santalum spicatum rather than 
Santalum album.

~ til next time
Rosanne