Aroma Trading Limited

Market Report July 2001

Lavender
Distillation of this year's crop should start towards the end of this month. Some small parcels of alleged Bulgarian material from last year's crop are being offered but, on closer analysis, turn out to be Russian material. The total acreage in Bulgaria is about on a par with last year but a lot of the plants are past their best. French producers are not giving any indications as yet (as usual) but we will be making our annual visit to the South of France and Bulgaria to monitor the crop.

Olive Oil
Due to concerns about the carcinogenic properties of Spanish material, a number of large distributors and supermarkets have pulled all Olive Oil of Spanish origin from stock. A number of our soap manufacturing customers use Olive Pomace Oil in the production but we do not offer Spanish material. We only sell Greek Extra Virgin Oil. Prices are advancing for this oil and shortages are expected.

Orange Oil
Further to earlier reports, the price continues to rise from all origins.

Lemongrass Guatemala
New crop should commence in the coming weeks, but only limited quantities will be available.

Camomile Roman
As promised, we have uploaded a few pictures from this year's distillation.

Web watch
This month we continue with a multiple 'click for free' option. Most of you are well aware of the hungersite.com, now you can save over 14 square feet of Rainforest by going to www.therainforestsite.com and follow the trail to click for free. This same site will give you access to www.thekidsaidssite.com, and www.breastcancersite.com along with www.thechildsurvivalsite.com. Companies who donate a percentage of their proceeds are also listed, should you wish to further support the charity of your choice