**Gaharu export prices run from roughly USD 500 per kg for low-grade kemedangan chips to USD 7,000 per kg for double-super plantation resin, while distilled oud (agarwood) oil sits at USD 30,000-80,000 per kg (as of 2026, indicative; final quote confirms grade and scope). Grade — resin density, whether the wood sinks, and aroma — decides every number.**
Gaharu is not priced like a commodity with one ticker. Two sacks from the same tree can differ tenfold once a grader weighs resin content, tests sinking in water, and burns a sliver for aroma. This Wave-1 breakdown maps published per-kg figures from 2016 through 2025 onto the grades an exporter actually quotes, so you can sanity-check any offer before it reaches a Gulf or China buyer.
What sets the price of gaharu per kilogram?
Three physical traits move the needle:
- Resin (getah) content — the dark, fragrant resin the tree lays down after infection. More resin, higher grade.
- Sinking — high-resin pieces sink in water. “Sinking wood” (kayu tenggelam) carries a premium.
- Aroma — the depth and longevity of scent when heated, judged by an experienced grader.
Local traders sort these into a familiar ladder: gubal (the hardest, resin-soaked heartwood), kemedangan (medium resin), and teri or abu (chips and dust). Each rung has its own band. For a full local-to-export mapping, see our detailed gaharu per kg export reference, which pairs each grade with the documentation a buyer expects.
What do gaharu grades cost at the local level?
The clearest dated local benchmark comes from Silvikultur UGM (October 2016), which sorted farm-gate gaharu into grade bands in rupiah per kg:
| Grade | Price (Rp/kg), 2016 |
|---|---|
| Double super | 30-40 million |
| Super tanggung | 15-30 million |
| TG-B | 5-15 million |
| Kemedangan | 2-5 million |
| Gaharu teri | 1-2 million |
| Abu / bubuk (dust) | 20,000-50,000 |
Resin sold separately (getah) followed its own scale in the same UGM data: low-grade yellow resin at Rp 2-5 million/kg, good black resin at Rp 15-20 million/kg, reaching about USD 10,000/kg at end-user level. These figures are nearly a decade old — treat them as a floor, not a live quote.
How do those grades translate to export prices?
Export buyers pay in USD and sort by a longer list of trade names. Zonakeren (July 2025) published a per-kg USD ladder that shows just how wide the spread runs:
| Export grade | Price (USD/kg), 2025 |
|---|---|
| Double King | 54,688 |
| Super King | 42,969 |
| A Super | 27,344 |
| AB Super | 5,469 |
| Sabak Ulir | 2,735 |
| Arab Super | 1,954 |
| Sabak Batu / Malaysia | 938 |
| Sabak Air | 626 |
| CIP Arab | 547 |
| Medang B Padat | 313 |
| Tri Arab | 235 |
| Medang B | 157 |
| Medang C | 47 |
The same source noted that general gaharu buyers pay Rp 20-30 million/kg, super grades Rp 40-60 million/kg, and certain rare types run into the hundreds of millions of rupiah per kg. The gap between Medang C (USD 47) and Double King (USD 54,688) is more than a thousandfold — which is exactly why a written grade description, not a headline number, is what protects both sides of a deal.
Where does resin-graded gaharu and oud oil sit?
A resin-based scale from tokolantaikayu.net (May 2025) tells a similar story at the very top:
| Resin grade | Price (Rp/kg), 2025 |
|---|---|
| Super Kynam / Kyara (whole gubal) | 1-1.5 billion |
| Grade A | 50-100 million |
| Grade B | 10-50 million |
| Grade C | 500,000-10 million |
| Abu (dust) | 200,000-2 million |
Distilled oud oil is priced by volume, not kilo weight: the same source put niche oud oil at Rp 5-30 million per 10 ml. Kumparan’s banjarhits coverage from South Kalimantan reported high-quality agarwood oil at USD 20,000-50,000 per liter (about Rp 266-666 million), driven by Middle East perfume and bakhoor demand.
Which figures should you actually anchor a quote to?
Headline records make news but rarely match a shippable lot. CNBC Indonesia (2022) cited up to USD 100,000/kg (about Rp 1.5 billion/kg) for top quality; its 2025 coverage put local high-quality gaharu up to Rp 53 million/kg and international sales up to Rp 133 million/kg. Inews Medan (2022) reported low quality at Rp 300,000-10 million/kg and high quality at USD 100,000/kg.
Because published tables disagree by source, region, and year, Gaharu Export quotes one grade-dependent band site-wide rather than a single invented number:
| Product | Indicative band (as of 2026) |
|---|---|
| Plantation gaharu chips | USD 500-7,000/kg (grade-dependent) |
| Oud / agarwood oil | USD 30,000-80,000/kg |
These are indicative; a final quote confirms grade and scope. Plantation-grown material is the transparent, repeatable basis for export — wild-harvest claims of billion-rupiah kynam are not something a legitimate broker sells on.
What legal cost sits behind every grade?
Price is only half the equation. Aquilaria spp. is listed on CITES Appendix II, so legal export requires proving legal origin and holding the right paperwork — not just agreeing on a per-kg figure. Guidance from 2023-2025 points to KLHK legal-origin proof (cultivated versus wild), a BKSDA (Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam) recommendation for wild sources, ASGARIN membership, and a CITES export permit valid up to about six months, with processing that can take up to roughly 60 days for some destinations.
Legal export requires a CITES permit and a BKSDA recommendation; confirm current requirements with the CITES Management Authority (Indonesia) and your import country. Gaharu Export is a sourcing broker and information hub — not a permit authority — and does not sell permit certainty or a customs guarantee.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do gaharu export prices per kg vary so much between sources?
Each published table reflects a different grade mix, region, and date. Silvikultur UGM’s 2016 rupiah bands, zonakeren’s 2025 USD ladder, and tokolantaikayu’s 2025 resin scale all measure real material, but at different resin levels and sale points. Grade — not the headline — is what a buyer pays for, so always compare like-for-like descriptions.
Is the highest grade, Double King or Kyara, realistic for export orders?
Those grades exist but are extremely rare. Zonakeren listed Double King near USD 54,688/kg, and tokolantaikayu put whole-gubal Kyara at Rp 1-1.5 billion/kg in 2025. Volumes at that tier are tiny and heavily scrutinized. For repeatable export, plantation chips in the USD 500-7,000/kg band (as of 2026, indicative) are the practical, documentable basis.
Does the per-kg price include CITES and BKSDA costs?
No. Quoted per-kg figures cover the material only. Legal export separately requires a CITES export permit and, for wild sources, a BKSDA recommendation plus KLHK legal-origin proof and ASGARIN membership. Confirm current requirements with the CITES Management Authority (Indonesia) and your import country before budgeting; a broker cannot guarantee permits or customs clearance.