BURBERRY EYES CASHMERE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN TO BOOST SUPPLIES
July 1st, 2018
DESPITE being the world’s third largest cashmere producer next to China and Mongolia, according to research from the University of California, Davis, Afghanistan’s cashmere industry is heavily underutilised, according to industry experts.
Afghanistan in the previous decade (to 2010) produced around 7% of the world’s raw (greasy) cashmere, after China (72%) and Mongolia (18%) say UC Davis researchers (see https://afghanag.ucdavis.edu/other-topics/files/market/chasmere-value-chain.pdf). They concluded the quality of Afghan cashmere also ranks third, after ...
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