Why is Rattan so Expensive

Everything can be woven. It is a sentence that defines rattan the variety of applications and formability. In recent years, rattan has become very popular due to its particularity and naturalness, but it will be revealed that these woven items have a very expensive price. In this post, we will go through all the reasons for you one by one to explain why it is costly.

Reasons for the High Price of Rattan

Next, I will analyze the factors that make rattan expensive for you, from the growing environment, harvesting, and processing to the final weaving.

Natural Raw Materials

Natural rattan has many varieties, it mainly grows in tropical forests. currently, we know more than 600 kinds of rattan plants, however, most of these rattan plants grow in Indonesia, so we can also call it Indonesian rattan. Being a natural plant, its growth rate is to all intents and purposes uncontrollable by humans – since the raw material production does not fluctuate greatly from year to year this helps make it expensive.

Manual Collection

Though industry and technology are very advanced nowadays, the harvesting of rattan is completely manual and there is no mechanical substitute for it. A lot of labor is required in this part of the process and it is also fraught with danger.

Manual Processing

After picking the rattan also needs to be classified according to the degree of thickness, the finer rattan needs to be placed in a tarpaulin to be fumigated with sulfur, and the thicker rattan needs to be immersed in oil, this process will take about 2-3 days, and finally it needs to be dried to make the excess water evaporate, and to remove the impurities from the rattan. If you want the rattan to reach the level of direct use, there are still many processes, if you are interested you can read our other article, which describes the production process of rattan in detail.

High Transportation Costs

Rattan incurs high transportation costs from harvesting to transporting to the factory, especially since ocean freight prices have been rising for the last two years.

Rising Raw Material Prices

The Indonesian government has banned the export of raw rattan since 2011, resulting in fewer and fewer exports and higher prices, and it is nowhere near as good as the quality of raw rattan from other origins.

Conclusion

Although rattan woven items are more expensive, it is durable, stylish, and generous, in your correct use and maintenance, it’s a life expectancy of up to 20-30 years, If you want to understand the specific care and use of natural rattan can refer to the next another article.

If you have any questions about rattan, please feel free to contact us, we are a professional rattan manufacturer.