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
537
  
1992
637
  
1993
954
  
1994
1,842
  
1995
2,549
  
1996
3,086
  
1997
3,804
  
1998
4,263
  
1999
7,393
  
2000
5,979
  
2001
9,129
  
2002
10,292
  
2003
10,112
  
2004
7,165
  
2005
15,602
  
2006
19,229
  
2007
19,169
  
2008
20,354
  
2009
20,557
  
2010
4,969
  
Alpacas Registered Since Inception
168,846