INDIAN PASHMINA PRODUCTION TO RECEIVE BOOST FROM GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION PROMOTION
June 30th, 2022
India's production of pashmina, the most exclusive of the cashmere fibres, is to receive an important government boost through acquiring a geographical indication (GI) from India’s Geographical Indications Registry for product sourced and spun in the Himalayan region of Ladakh.
The government of the union territory of Ladakh, which runs the mountainous territory in which Indian pashmina is producer applied for the GI certificate last year (2021) and hopes to receive authorisation the next few months. It would cover pashmina fibres harvested from goats reared ...
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