Reports La Prensa: CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME 20 MILLION HEADS OF CAMELIDS LLAMA LEATHER IS MORE RESISTANT La Paz. The Llama leather is 15 times more resistant than those of cattle, said Roberto Mustafa, general manager of Curtiembre Andina [Andina Tannery]. In an interview with the newspaper Cuero Noticias [Leather News], Mustafa said that with…
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Bolivia needs results/support to producers, not cheap demagogue!
Pagina Siete reports: REPORTING FOUR PROBLEMS Camelid producers have no market Camelid producers of La Paz department say that they lack market for marketing their products, so they prefer to take them to Peru. “We as camelid producers do not have a market. In the Province Franz Tamayo, near the border with Peru, the brothers…
Boliviana, a pioneer in the export of alpaca clothes for dogs
I welcome Paola Zapana to The Hall of Bolivian Fame! Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Boliviana, a pioneer in the export of alpaca clothes for dogs Paola Zapana PUG Pet Fashion launched in 2005, inspired by her “daughter” Daisy, to sell to the U.S. and Europe. The softness of alpaca wool and colorful design…
Alpaca Fashion 2011, integrates SMEs to demanding markets
La Razon reported yesterday about Alpaca Fashion 2011: Alpaca Fashion Event 2011, organized by the Chamber of Exporters of La Paz (Camex), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its project PC-Bolivia and the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, promoted the first “inverse” trade mission for American buyers for the sector of…
Bolivian alpaca products continue to reach the USA!
The alpaca producers say their exports to the U.S. rose even without the ATPDEA, but at the same time exporting became more expensive due to the existing tariffs. They regret that their Peruvian peers grow more due to the benefit of not having to pay taxes of hospitalization. [so, the situation is bad, with the…
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