Supporting industry wide standards
through ARI supports alpaca value.

Alpacas Registered Per Year
Year
Number of Alpacas
 
1986
607
 
1987
147
 
1988
180
 
1989
201
 
1990
89
 
1991
536
 
1992
634
 
1993
954
 
1994
1,835
 
1995
2,539
 
1996
3,074
 
1997
3,783
 
1998
4,247
 
1999
7,354
 
2000
5,956
 
2001
9,084
 
2002
10,252
 
2003
10,066
 
2004
7,110
 
2005
15,515
 
2006
19,112
 
2007
19,037
 
2008
20,190
 
2009
20,454
 
2010
12,165
 
Alpacas Registered Since Inception
175,121