Agarwood Chips Wholesale
Agarwood Chips Wholesale
Indonesian oud chips — flakes and pieces ready to burn and sell — wholesale directly from the source. The most practical form for daily use and retail, whether natural or enhanced, to your warehouse in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Oud chips are the everyday face of this venerable material: pieces and flakes burned as they are, filling the place with fragrance, without needing a rare whole piece nor a ground material that goes into manufacturing. At Oud Treasure we supply chips at wholesale directly from the Indonesian archipelago to merchants, distributors, and shop owners in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf — with oud whose origin, grade, and whether it is natural or enhanced we know. This page explains what chips are exactly, why they are the most practical form, how they differ from powder and the whole piece, and how you begin your order.
What are oud chips?
Oud chips — or flakes and pieces — are resin-transformed oud wood after it is divided into pieces of varying sizes ready to burn. They fall in the middle of the spectrum of the three forms oud comes in: above them the cohesive whole piece that is acquired for display and carries the highest value per unit, and below them the ground powder that goes into manufacturing. Chips are the practical link between them: smaller than to be a collecting piece, and larger than to be a powder; pieces you burn directly, so they fulfill their essential function — the scent when heated.
This middle position is the secret of their spread. The consumer who wants to perfume their home or majlis does not need a rare piece they fear to burn, nor a powder that needs preparation; they need pieces they place on the charcoal or the burner so it works. And because chips come in multiple grades and origins, you can provide them to different segments of customers within the same form. Browse the oud chips collection to view what is offered, and consider this page your guide to buying them at wholesale.
Why chips are the most practical form
When we say chips are the most practical form, we are describing the reality of the market, not making a promise. Four reasons make them so in most cases:
Chips are placed directly on charcoal in the traditional burner, or on the electric burner at a low temperature without charcoal — without any additional preparation.
The small pieces allow dividing the oud over several sessions and small quantities that suit the display shelf and retail sale, instead of committing to a single large piece.
Because the consumer knows how to use them and buys them easily, chips are among the fastest-turnover forms of oud in shops — though that depends on your market.
Chips give you the scent of genuine oud at a value per unit that is often more suitable than the rare whole piece, widening the segment of those who can buy it.
In practice, chips serve more than one use: daily burning at home and in the majlis, hospitality, and retail sale in shops. See the electric burner oud, bakhoor and burning, and daily oud collections to understand how chips are distributed across these uses. And this very practicality is what makes them an ideal starting point for any merchant beginning.
Natural and enhanced chips
A common mistake is confusing the form of the oud with its treatment. The form (chips, powder, or piece) is one axis, and the treatment (natural or enhanced) is another completely independent axis. Chips come in both types: natural untreated chips, and enhanced chips that underwent treatment. Being a chip does not necessarily mean it is natural, nor the reverse.
Pieces of oud that did not undergo a treatment changing its aromatic nature. See the natural agarwood wholesale page and the natural oud collection to understand precisely what "natural" means.
Pieces of oud that underwent a treatment. It has its market and its price, and we do not sell it as natural. See the enhanced oud wholesale page and the enhanced oud collection for detail.
The natural is not always "the best" for every purpose, and the enhanced is not a defect in itself; each has a use, a price, and a segment. What we commit to is declaring the treatment of every line clearly, so you do not buy something while thinking it is another. Specify in your order which of the two types you want.
Sizes and sorting
Within the chips themselves the pieces vary: larger pieces of clearer form and closer to the whole piece, and smaller pieces more suitable for quick burning and division. And alongside the size, chips vary in grade — that is, resin density, scent persistence, and sorting quality. Sorting is a process that excludes, not includes: the higher the grade, the smaller the proportion of pieces matching it within the same batch.
This is why we handle chips within our declared grade ladder, from the daily-use grade upward: daily-use grade, commercial grade, excellent grade, luxury grade, and collectors' grade. And to understand how oud classification criteria evolved over time, see our article on the history of oud grading.
We avoid announcing precise numerical dimensions for the pieces because they vary from one batch to another according to origin and grade, and announcing a fixed number that may not hold true for your shipment misleads you. We clarify the available sizes at the time of order, and we advise requesting a sample to see them and judge for yourself.
Chips versus powder and the whole piece
Before you choose the form you order, it helps to see the three forms side by side. The following table compares them by use and by who buys them, so you determine what suits your market:
| Form | Use | Who usually buys it |
|---|---|---|
| Oud chips (flakes and pieces) | Burned directly on charcoal or the electric burner. Ready for daily use and retail sale as they are. | Shops, distributors, online sellers, and the daily user — the most circulated form. |
| Powder (ground) | Ground material kneaded into dukhoon and ma'moul bakhoor or used in manufacturing. Not usually burned as pieces on its own. | Bakhoor and dukhoon factories and blenders who need a raw material of uniform consistency. |
| The whole piece | A cohesive wood piece acquired for display or from which small pieces are cut when needed. The form of highest value per unit. | Collectors and those interested in rare pieces and luxury gifts, not daily consumption. |
The gist of the choice: if your market burns oud and sells it at retail, chips are your choice. And if it manufactures dukhoon and bakhoor or needs a raw material of uniform consistency, see ground oud wholesale. And if it targets collectors and luxury gifts, see premium oud and distinctive pieces. Many merchants combine more than one form to cover all their segments.
Who buys chips at wholesale
Chips have the broadest audience of the forms because they serve multiple business models:
Sell chips at retail as they are, and divide them into quantities that suit the customer. See the oud for oud and bakhoor shops page.
Some of them burn or process the chips within their products. See the oud for incense manufacturers page.
Sell chips to a wide audience because they are easy to describe and ship and their use is known to the buyer.
Whoever provides oud for perfuming the home and majlis and receiving guests finds in chips the form most suitable for regular consumption.
Quantities and pricing
We begin candidly: there is no single fixed price for oud chips. The price is determined by the intersection of origin, grade, quantity, and treatment. The general rule: the higher the grade or the rarer the origin, the higher the price per kilogram, and the larger the quantity, the lower the cost per kilogram.
The store offers purchase tiers that help you evaluate and place a moderate order: from the sample to evaluate the line, to the single kilogram, to five kilograms. As for full wholesale (ten kilograms and above), it is priced individually because it depends on the details of your order. To view the pricing framework see the wholesale prices page, and when you are ready request a quote with your specifications to obtain a precise number rather than a general estimate that may mislead you.
Documentation and supply — and start with a sample
Our primary destination is the Gulf market, and we ship from the Indonesian archipelago to your warehouse with shipment documentation. The oud trade is subject to the CITES convention, which regulates — does not prohibit — its trade across borders, and we commit to documenting the source and type, and recognize that the precise procedures vary from one country to another, so we discuss them within the details of each order. See the guide to importing oud from Indonesia and our guide on the CITES convention and the regulation of the oud trade, and learn about our method of work through the Indonesian oud supplier page.
And however much we write about chips, their evaluation by the senses remains the decider: the scent when burning, the persistence of the effect, the sorting quality, and the conformity of the grade to what you have in hand. This is why we place the sample at the heart of our method. Start with it before the large order:
Evaluate the scent, grade, and sorting yourself through the samples program and the sample kits.
Choose the origin, grade, type (natural or enhanced), and quantity after you have formed an opinion from the sample.
We prepare an offer for you that clarifies the origin, grade, quantity, and price transparently through the quotation request.
After you agree, we ship to your warehouse in Saudi Arabia or the Gulf with documentation of the source and type.
Frequently asked questions about oud chips wholesale
We gathered here the most common questions merchants ask before ordering chips. Where the answer depends on the details of your order, we direct you to a quote rather than a general number:
The three are one oud in different forms. Oud chips are flakes and small pieces burned directly on charcoal or the electric burner, and it is the most practical form for daily use and retail. Powder is ground oud that goes into making dukhoon, ma'moul bakhoor, and manufacturing. The whole piece is a cohesive block of higher value per unit, acquired for display or cut from. Choose the form according to your market's use.
The form and the treatment are two independent axes: chips are available natural and untreated, and available enhanced having undergone treatment. We declare the difference on every line and do not sell the enhanced as natural. See our natural agarwood wholesale page and enhanced oud wholesale page to understand the difference before ordering.
Chips vary between larger pieces of clearer form and smaller pieces, and vary within a single form according to the grade and sorting quality. Because we do not announce fixed numerical dimensions that may not hold true for every batch, we clarify the available sizes at the time of order within the quote, and we advise requesting a sample to see them yourself.
Chips are burned either on charcoal in the traditional burner, or on the electric burner that heats the piece at a low temperature without charcoal. The small pieces are practical because they can be divided over several sessions. See our guide on bakhoor and burning for the details of both methods.
Because they are ready for use upon arrival without additional preparation, divisible into small quantities that suit the display shelf, and the consumer buys them easily because they know how to use them. This practicality makes them often the fastest-turnover form in oud and bakhoor shops, though that depends on your market.
Owners of oud and bakhoor shops for retail sale, distributors, online sellers, and bakhoor factories that burn or process the chips, in addition to whoever provides them for daily hospitality use. Each has a size and grade that suits their segment.
The store offers tiers starting from the sample, then a kilogram and five kilograms for evaluation and moderate orders, while the full wholesale offer (ten kilograms and above) is priced individually according to origin, grade, and size. Specify your need in a quotation request so we answer for your specific order.
Yes, and we encourage it. Chips are evaluated by burning, smell, and sorting quality, and a written description does not replace that. See the samples program and the sample kits to start with an evaluation before committing to a quantity.
There is no single fixed price. The price is determined by the intersection of origin, grade, quantity, and treatment (natural or enhanced). The higher the grade or the rarer the origin, the higher the price per kilogram, and the larger the quantity, the lower the cost per kilogram. See the wholesale prices page or request a quote with your specifications.
Chips are often more suitable in price per unit than the rare whole piece dedicated to collecting, because the cohesive whole piece carries the value of display and rarity. But the final price depends on the grade and origin, not on the form alone; chips of a high grade may exceed a whole piece of a lower grade.
Chips are burned as they are on charcoal or the burner and give you a direct smoke. Powder is ground and goes into kneading dukhoon and ma'moul bakhoor or into manufacturing, and is not usually burned as pieces on its own. If your market burns oud, chips are your choice; and if it manufactures, see ground oud wholesale.
We commit to transparency of source, type, and grade, and we treat the regulation of the oud trade seriously. The oud trade is subject to the CITES convention, which regulates — does not prohibit — its trade across borders, and the precise procedures vary from one country to another, so we discuss them within the details of each order. See our guide on the CITES convention.
Yes, our primary destination is the Gulf market with Saudi Arabia at its forefront. We ship from the Indonesian archipelago to your warehouse with shipment documentation. For the import details see the guide to importing oud from Indonesia.
Yes. Many merchants diversify their order across origins and grades to cover different segments of their customers. Specify the lines, grades, and quantities in the quotation request and we will prepare an offer that combines them for you.
Buying directly from Indonesia shortens the chain of intermediaries, which is reflected in the price and in the clarity of the source, grade, and treatment. See the Indonesian oud supplier page to understand how we work directly with the oud harvesters and producers.
Indonesian oud chips ready to burn and sell, from the source directly to your warehouse in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Tell us what you are looking for and we will prepare a clear offer for you — or start with a sample you evaluate yourself.
