Essential Oils Business Opportunity

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Talk about non-oil export commodities, essential oils of patchouli is one of the mainstay.Even our country was recorded as the largest exporter of patchouli oil in the world.Although popular in the international market, oddly enough patchouli essential oil is less familiar to our ears. Moreover, little is known patchouli plant with a good figure. Yet this is a business opportunity in the future. Patchouli is one of the 150-200 species of plants producing essential oils. In Indonesia alone there are about 40 - 50 types, but only about 15 species are cultivated commercially.
Patchouli plants Pogostemon patchouli has a cool nickname or Pogostemon cablin Benth, aka Pogostemon Mentha. Originally from the Philippines, but has been developed also in Malaysia, Madagascar, Paraguay, Brazil, and Indonesia. Because of the widely grown in Aceh, Aceh and then also called patchouli. This variety is much cultivated commercially.
Until recently the Special Region of Aceh, especially South and Southeast Aceh, still the largest center of patchouli plants in Indonesia (Directorate General of Plantation, 1997).Followed by North Sumatra (Nias, South Tapanuli), West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Central Java (Banyumas, Banjarnegara), and East Java (Tulungagung). Generally, people are still dominated by small-scale plantations. The potential of this area that can later be used as a promising business opportunities. Because the demand for essential oils in various overseas markets quite a lot. Contribution of volatile oil exports small relative to the value of Indonesia's total foreign exchange. However, there was a rise in demand every year. Even the increase is quite sharp. So the essential oils business opportunity in terms of development the industry is wide open.
Other varieties, Pogostemon heyneanus, originated from India. Also called the java patchouli or patchouli woods as many grown in the forest on the island of Java. There is another Pogostemon hortensis, or patchouli soap (essential oil can be used for washing clothes). Many of the region, Banten, West Java, Java patchouli-like figure of the plant, but not flowering.
Essential oils (or asiri) also called the etheric oil or flying oil (essential oil or volatile). So named because it is easy to fly (yawn) at room temperature (250C) without decomposition. The smell of essential oils are generally typical, according to the type of plants. Is easily soluble in organic solvents, but not water soluble.