Importing from Peru
The HS code for stuffed animals, the trade agreements Peru has with the EU, the US and the UK, and what ex works Lima puts on you as the importer.
### Guides ###
Guides to alpaca fur and importing from Peru
Answers to what buyers ask before a first order: what alpaca fur is and what it is worth, how to tell an alpaca from a llama, how to wash it, how importing from Peru works, and where the fur comes from.
### Written so far ###
Guides for buyers of alpaca fur products
Wholesale suppliers in Peru
How to find a wholesale supplier in Peru: where to look, the four questions to ask, and how to run a first order so that you learn something from it.
Is alpaca fur ethical
Are alpacas killed for their fur? No. Where the pelts come from, why alpaca fur is a by-product of Andean herding, and how it reaches the workshop in Lima.
Alpaca fur
What alpaca fur is called, why the darkest shades are the scarce ones, and the four things that decide what a piece of it is worth.
Washing alpaca fur
How to wash alpaca fur and keep it soft: clean the surface, cool water, never a machine, dry it flat away from heat, and brush it when it is dry.
Alpaca or llama
Alpaca vs llama: the llama is twice the weight with long curved ears, the alpaca is smaller and kept for its fibre. Every difference, in one table.
Alpaca farm shops in the Netherlands and Belgium
What sells in the shop of an alpaca farm in the Netherlands and Belgium: the sizes, the shades, a first order from $500 and your farm's name on the tag.
Alpakahof shops in Germany and Austria
What sells in the Hofladen of an Alpakahof in Germany and Austria: the sizes, the shades, a first order from $500 and your farm's name on the hangtag.
Alpaca farm shops in France
What sells in the shop of an alpaca farm in France: the sizes, the shades, Baby Alpaca, a first order from $500 and your farm's name on the hangtag.
Alpaca farm shops in the UK
What sells in the shop of an alpaca farm in the UK: alpaca soft toys in real fur, the sizes, a first order from $500 and your farm's name on the hangtag.
Why alpaca stuffed animals are popular
Why alpaca stuffed animals sell: real fur, warm and light, no lanolin, made by hand in Peru, and what research shows about why soft touch feels good.
### Not a guide ###
Terms, prices and test reports
Terms, prices and test reports each have a page of their own. They are published there in full, and they are the same for every buyer.
Ordering and terms
The minimum, the price band per collection and size, the lead time, the payment terms and the incoterm. The ordering page.
Compliance
Every standard we test against, every code, and what each scope covers. The compliance page.
The workshop
Who makes them, where, and how a piece goes together from the raw fur. Our story.
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