Special insight

摘要

When analysing the current demand for speciality fibres worldwide, you must divide it into types. For alpaca and llama it has been quite slow during the past two seasons, mainly due to fashion, whilst cashmere and silk has been more consistent, especially silk. China itself has sustained the market in the last couple of months for cashmere, with knitted sweaters for the domestic and export market, as well as silk, for home textiles such as quilts.