Supporting industry wide standards through ARI supports alpaca value.

Alpacas Registered Per Year
Year
Number of Alpacas
  
1986
607
  
1987
148
  
1988
180
  
1989
202
  
1990
90
  
1991
538
  
1992
640
  
1993
969
  
1994
1,866
  
1995
2,596
  
1996
3,107
  
1997
3,850
  
1998
4,309
  
1999
7,459
  
2000
6,071
  
2001
9,247
  
2002
10,419
  
2003
10,262
  
2004
7,273
  
2005
15,896
  
2006
19,593
  
2007
19,545
  
2008
20,637
  
2009
33
  
Alpacas Registered Since Inception
145,537