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
90
  
1991
537
  
1992
637
  
1993
954
  
1994
1,842
  
1995
2,550
  
1996
3,088
  
1997
3,805
  
1998
4,264
  
1999
7,398
  
2000
5,987
  
2001
9,134
  
2002
10,301
  
2003
10,114
  
2004
7,174
  
2005
15,629
  
2006
19,247
  
2007
19,197
  
2008
20,379
  
2009
20,568
  
2010
2,468
  
Alpacas Registered Since Inception
166,498