Catnip Oil Shortage?

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Lori

 

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Rebecca Jones

 

Hey all,

 

I just got an email from one of my suppliers stating that this year's catnip

production was incredibly low due to a hailstorm in Canada. Has anyone else

heard of this? I know I need to order, but was hoping to wait until January. If

there's a pending shortage, I'll make sure I order sooner.

 

Rebecca Jones, Practicing Herbalist & Aromatherapist

Sage Living LLC

30A Warren St

Concord, NH 03301

www.sagelivingllc.com

(603)415-1070

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Howdy Rebecca,

 

I just got an email from one of my suppliers stating that this year's

> catnip production was incredibly low due to a hailstorm in Canada. Has

> anyone else heard of this? I know I need to order, but was hoping to wait

> until January. If there's a pending shortage, I'll make sure I order sooner.

>

 

Canadian Catnip (Nepeta cataria) has increased in price by roughly 18% per

kilo in the last four months. Whether this is due to a hailstorm or not I

can not say but I would doubt it because hailstorms are generally local ..

not nationwide. The Dollar to Euro exchange rate has made all EO produced

outside the U.S.A. more costly since August .. but that exchange rate

decline was not as much as 18%.

 

What has increased by 50% or so is shipping costs and the bureaucratic

humma-humma costs to get oils through U.S. Customs and their Freight

Forwarder. I ordered 3 x as much Rose Absolute last May than the Rose Otto

I just got in yesterday .. but my fixed costs were 50% higher .. I was

shocked! Some of the ridiculous and bureaucratic fees are storage ..

meaning they had it in their office for 24-48 hours .. and communications

costs .. meaning my Freight Forwarder in NYC sent a fax to their agency in

Baltimore saying the Rose Otto was on the way. These costs were almost all

totally ridiculous but there is nothing we can do about it. There were

eleven different fees tacked to that order and that does not include actual

shipping cost from Turkey to NYC. Then they wanted over $500 to send the

shipment from Baltimore, MD to my company in Friendsville, MD .. a three

hour drive via automobile. Margaret's sister drove and picked the order

up. For better than 14 years now I have said that if the Feds want to find

Anti Trust violations and collusion .. all they gotta do is look at Shipping

and Freight Forwarding companies. I would not be surprised to see

additional fees tacked to future imports .. like Water Cooler Fees ..

meaning the dude that was filling out my overpriced Invoice took a break

from his desk to get a drink of water.

 

When the cost of a barrel of oil goes up all other costs go up .. but now

the cost is half what it was some months ago but except for gasoline ..

those other costs have remained stable.

 

The large clearing houses bargain shop .. quality is not as important to

them as price .. and they order in such large volume that they have major

shipping discounts when they ship by sea. Then they " batch " their new

purchase with the old oils. Those of us who purchase based on Origin and

proven quality .. and don't have the luxury of sitting on $500 K in stock ..

can not do that .. but we can and do deliver higher quality products. If

new buyers knew the hassles and expense small companies like mine go through

to get the oils we offer them .. they would appreciate us a heckuva lot

more. Our long term buyers do understand all of this and we appreciate

them for that.

 

 

> Rebecca Jones, Practicing Herbalist & Aromatherapist

> Sage Living LLC

> 30A Warren St

> Concord, NH 03301

> www.sagelivingllc.com

> (603)415-1070

>

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

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