Insights

What we are seeing
in the fibre trade.

Short pieces on how the Peruvian fine fibre market actually behaves: where the value sits, what a grade is worth, and what changes between one season and the next.

Publishing soon

The first pieces are being written

We would rather publish three pieces that say something than thirty that say nothing. Leave your email and you get them as they go out, together with the free market briefing.

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Raw fleece on a bench in a shearing shed, daylight from a side window
In preparation

Where the money in Peruvian alpaca actually sits

Three quarters of the value leaves the country before it becomes a garment. What that means if you buy finished goods.

Drop spindle wound with fine alpaca yarn beside unspun fibre
In preparation

Micron, grade and what gets charged for it

Baby, superfine, royal. What the labels mean and where the price moves.

Wild vicunas grazing on the altiplano with a volcano on the horizon
In preparation

Vicuna: a small market with a permit attached

Fourteen exporters, and why the paperwork is the hard part.