For the manufacture of high class perfumery and cosmetic products essential oils of the best quality are required all over the world. India is in the forefront in meeting these requirements to a very large extent.
The quality of the principal essential oils exported from India sandalwood oil, Lemongrass Oil, Palmarosa Oil and Vetiver Oil is now fully guaranteed under Agmark.
Agmark is the official symbol given by the Government of India to Agricultural and livestock commoditites which confirm to various grade standards laid down under the agrucltural produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937. In the case of Essential oils, these standards are laid down the basis of various chemicals and physical characteristics.
Whenever an Indian Exporter of Essential oils wants to despatch a consignment, he first gets the oil analysed in a Government recognized laboratory where the appropriate Agmark grade is assigned to it. Agmark labels denoting that grade are then affixed securely to the containers of these oils, which are filled and sealed in the presence of an officer of the Agmark organization.
Check samples are collected from the consignment from various places, from the godowns of the shippers right upto the time it is loaded in ships. These check samples analysed by the control labrotaroeries set up by the Government in India specifically for this purpose. A certificate of grading is issued and the consignment allowed to leave the shores of India only when it is fully confirmed that the oils in the containers conform to the Agmark grade allotted to them.