Why is Vietnam agarwood so expensive

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Most people know about agarwood’s name, or once upon a time hear about it, it became apparent, that we know agarwood is so expensive. Especially Vietnam agarwood, they are very expensive.

In essence, the reason its cost is so high is the lack of a supply-demand gap, many people want to buy agarwood, but how to buy real agarwood, is a hard answer question The type of agarwood also determines the price. For example, Vietnam agarwood is very famous, it has been going through a long history. Agarwood of Vietnam appears in many ancient classics. Nowadays, it remains the same value, century after century, it always asserts immutable its efficiency.

In this article, I’m not delving into the great benefits of agarwood or the ways how to exploit agarwood. Those factors, make it is expensive than other wood. But, you can find the answers to the above questions on the Agarwood Vietnam blog.

Within article limits, I want to introduce you to Vietnamese agarwood. What is the reason for making Vietnam agarwood so expensive?

Table of Contents

1, An introduction to Vietnam agarwood

According to research, in the third century CE, a book, known as Nanzhou Yi Wu Zhi’name, the meaning, is The Strange Things from the South, Wa Zhen wrote it, who is a man of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. In that book, Vietnam agarwood mentioned a lot of things, how to find and distinguish it, how to collect it in the mountains, etc. Vietnam agarwood was produced in the Rinan commandery, Which was the center for gathering, exchanging, buying, and selling agarwood. This place belongs to central Vietnam now.

Moreover, in 1580, Nguyễn Hoàng took control over a part, that now is the central strip of modern Vietnam, he promoted trade with other countries, and Agarwood was accordingly brought to the world. It is exported in three varieties, including Kynam (Calambac), agarwood, and agarwood proper. The most expensive is Kynam (Calambac). At that moment, a pound of Calambac in Hội An market just only bought 15 taels, but, it cost 600 taels when sold in Nagasaki Japan.

Above all, The Nguyễn Lords established a monopoly regime of supplying Kynam (Calambac), we try to imagine that Kynam (Calambac), agarwood, and agarwood are proper. All of them are just used for the royal family, the richer. The Nguyễn Lords consolidated the economy, and controlled power by selling it to other countries. Therefore, Vietnam agarwood is so expensive, high quality, and the most famous.

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2, Why is Vietnam agarwood so expensive?

For the time being, when it comes to agarwood, we know it is precious and expensive. Now a day, another country in the world, has a lot of agarwood products, but connoisseurs know about agarwood, they will choose Vietnam agarwood for themself.

However, in the thirteenth century, the international agarwood market was early trading, and India was the earliest source for foreign markets. In 1580, Vietnam was beginning to source it to the world, but its amplification was so far and confirmed the position by quality.

Now a day, Vietnam’s nature agarwood is a scarce resource, and its quality is very special, According to color, agarwood Vietnam usually divides into three types, namely, “yellow soil sink”, “black soil sink”, and “red soil sink”. This is because after agarwood fell, it was “polluted” by the soil of different colors in the buried area. It is also different. For example, loess deposits win with a fragrant, and sweet smell. Black clay deposits are known for their cool air, which is the coolest of agarwood. Red clay deposits have a strong aroma, sweet with a spicy taste, and some almond flavor.

Therefore, ignoring the reasons for the long history, and tradition for many centuries, Vietnam agarwood is of the highest quality.