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
What a buyer asks us before the first order, written out properly. 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 actually works, and where the fur comes from.
### Written so far ###
The guides
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 some are from young animals, and how the fur 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 without ruining it: 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.
### Not a guide ###
The things a guide should not have to tell you
Terms, prices and test reports are not advice. They are published on their own pages, in full, and they do not move because you asked.
Ordering and terms
The minimum, the price band per size and per order 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.
### From 50 pieces · EXW Lima ###
Build the mix. The quotation comes back within 24 hours.