WS is a 100% owned subsidiary of Wescorp Holdings Pty Ltd. It was established in 1994 to process and market sandalwood for the Western Australian government agency Conservation and Land Management (CALM and now Department of Environment and Conservation; DEC) after being the successful applicant in the tender process. This has continued to now after the 2004 tender process and WS is contracted to act as the agent for Forest Product Commission (FPC).

FPC manages the sustainable harvesting of the spicatum with licensed harvesting contractors that are allocated regions and quotas per annum. For each green sandalwood tree harvested the contractor must plant at least 12 seeds near suitable hosts. There is approximately 2,000 tonne of sandalwood harvested per annum. In addition to the FPC harvest a further approximately 150 tonnes of “Private Property Sandalwood” is harvested per annum under the same sustainable regime.

WS processes and markets the FPC sandalwood as its agent. For the purchase of the Private Property Sandalwood, WS competes with other companies when it is available at competitive prices.

WS produces approximately 1500 tonne of powdered sandalwood of various values per annum which are exported directly to the agarbatti industry in suitable regions of the world. The balance is sold as pre-grind with very little being exported as “raw” sandalwood. WS only sells the Santalum spicatum species wood; pre-grind; powder and oil.

In 2007, WS established a laboratory in-house for the analysis of sandalwood, oil and seeds. We have facilities for GC analysis of sandalwood and agarwood products with possibly one of the largest databases of sandalwood from all over the world. Our facility is available to all interested industry participants, particularly the sandalwood plantations being established.