Why Rattan Furniture Is So Expensive | So Expensive

Rattan is a naturally renewable climbing palm typically used in furniture labeled as wicker, which is the term for how it’s woven. And the price tag for this furniture is usually high: a real rattan chair can cost over $1,000, and as a material, it’s almost three times the price of bamboo! But getting rattan is complicated. What makes it so hard to harvest? And is that the reason it’s so expensive? EDITOR'S NOTE: At 7:03 in this video, we state that Sarimanto sells 1 kilogram of raw rattan for about 7 cents. This is incorrect. He sells one kilogram of raw rattan for about $14 cents. This would mean that farmers in the 1980s were getting 5 times, not 10 times, as much for the same amount. Insider regrets the error. MORE SO EXPENSIVE VIDEOS: Why Vicuña Wool Is So Expensive | So Expensive    • Why Vicuña Wool Is So Expensive | So Expen...   Why Muga Silk Is So Expensive | So Expensive    • Why Muga Silk Is So Expensive | So Expensi...   Why Wild Ginseng Is So Expensive | So Expensive    • Why Wild Ginseng Is So Expensive | So Expe...   ------------------------------------------------------ #Rattan #SoExpensive #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe:    / businessinsider   BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Snapchat:   / 5319643143   Boot Camp on Snapchat:   / 3383377771   Why Rattan Is So Expensive | So Expensive