TEA TREE OIL
PRODUCTION
100% Pure Australian Tea Tree Oil.
The stability that regulated markets demand.
Growing.
Pioneers
Australia tea tree oil pioneers established the first commercial tea tree plantations in the Northern Rivers of NSW in the 1970s.
Leaders
Australian producers are global leaders in the soil and plant sciences related to tea tree growing.
Harvesting.
Innovators
Australian producers began mechanically harvesting tea tree in the early 1980s, starting with a modified forage harvester towed by a small tractor.
The Australian industry has been building innovative and highly productive harvesting machines ever since.
Worker Conditions
Like cotton picking and cane cutting before mechanisation, manual tea tree harvesting was strenuous work.
Today, Australian tea tree is machine harvested, facilitating best practice worker conditions in line with the international social responsibility standard ISO26000, and the Australian Agricultural Sustainability Framework’s clear position on labour welfare provisions.
Distilling.
Extraction
Steam distillation is used to gently extract tea tree oil from the leaf, under carefully controlled conditions of temperature and near-atmospheric pressure.
Control
100% pure Australian tea tree oil is distilled under ATTIA’s strict and regularly audited Code of Practice to consistently ensure the highest quality.
Supply.
Established
Australian tea tree oil has been distributed to the world since the early 1930s, with traceable supply chains in development through to the present day.
Trusted
Certified 100% pure Australian tea tree oil is exported under the ATTIA certification trustmark.
‘100% pure tea tree oil is a uniquely Australian innovation that our industry has been bringing to the world for 100 years.’
John Price - Byron Bay Essential Oils - Certified Member