Always curious to see what our Oriental cousins are doing with their alpacas I often surf around Chinese websites to see what is on offer. Well, China is the largest buyer of alpaca fiber in the world.

Now if you search on alpaca fabric you will get some interesting results. Take this one for example :

Alpaca Fabric:
Composition: 90%polyester, 10%viscose

Can you spot what is missing in this composition?

If you look around on Alibaba the big Chinese trading site you can find alpaca garments for sale. Take this girls jacket from Shenzhen E-o Trading Co., Ltd Providing you order a minimum quantity of 100 you can have them for $9.60 each !



Well its made from alpaca isn't it?

Some fabrics are called alpaca and actually do have some in there but not very much:

Features:
1) Width: 57" / 58"
2) Composition: Alpaca 15%, woolen 80%, 5% nylon
3) Weight: 580g/m
4) Size: about 55m/roll
5) Soft touch one side brushed
6) Different colors or style available
7) High quality and reasonable prices
OEM available
9) 1*20'=10000M
10) For winter

And some are honest enough to call their product imitation alpaca tweed fabric:

Features:
1) Width: 57" / 58"
2) Composition: polyest80%,viscose20%
3) Weight: 620g/m
4) Size: about 55m/roll
5) Soft touch one side brushed
6) Different colors or styles available
7) High quality and reasonable prices
OEM available
9) 1*20'=10000M

Well I am sure you get the ideal that when a Chinese manufacturer says alpaca fabric you might not be talking the same language.