Agarwood (oud) in the illegal wildlife trade
WildTrace has recorded 5 cases involving agarwood (oud) from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23, in 3 countries. 1 of them rest on an official or validated source.
CITES appendix II. Taxa covered: Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops spp.. Counts show where this trade is reported, not where it happens: reporting is uneven between countries and languages, and cases whose reports name no place are counted but cannot be mapped.
Where agarwood (oud) cases are reported
- Philippines 1
- Malaysia 1
- India 1
Recent cases
- Seizure · Agarwood (oud) · Philippines 2025-11-27 · single
- Seizure · Agarwood (oud) · Limbang 2025-05-05 · corroborated
- Seizure · Agarwood (oud) · location unknown 2025-02-06 · official
- Seizure · Agarwood (oud) · 1 ton · location unknown 2024-10-10 · single
- Seizure · Agarwood (oud) · Chennai 2024-08-07 · corroborated
Where seized agarwood (oud) came from, and where it was seized
199 shipments of agarwood (oud) seized or confiscated were reported to CITES since 2015 (CITES Trade Database, source code I). Counts are shipment records, not quantities, and some countries report far more completely than others.
Taken from
- Sri Lanka 111
- Indonesia 18
- Malaysia 14
- Saudi Arabia 6
- Vietnam 5
- China 2
- Cambodia 1
- Thailand 1
Seized in
- United States 80
- United Arab Emirates 58
- Saudi Arabia 26
- India 13
- Singapore 8
- Kuwait 4
- Senegal 3
- Oman 2