It was the first sale to the Asian giant so far in 2025 and the number is expected to increase in the coming months.

This Wednesday, the Yacana State-owned company reported that it made its first “large export” of the year, sending 14 tons of llama fiber to China, for an amount exceeding US$ 100,000.

“The export value is roughly equivalent to US$103,000, and the amount of yarn we are sending is approximately 14 tons,” said Wilson Gutiérrez, head of production at Yacana.

LLAMA FIBER

The official explained that the state-owned company plans to export this product throughout the year 2025, in order to meet the commitments made to buyers in China.

Llama fiber is mainly used to make ropes, rugs, ponchos, sweaters, sacks and slings.

Gutiérrez reported that the fiber was collected in the Bolivian highlands, specifically in the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, and then processed in Yacana.

“I want to tell suppliers of llama, alpaca and sheep wool fiber that the Yacana company buys this type of raw material at fair prices, so that those who are interested can sell to us, which will allow us to support our artisans in La Paz and throughout Bolivia in general,” he explained.

In order to carry out the export, Gutiérrez reported that a “classification by value” was carried out, in order to carry out a washing process with the aim of giving added value to the product.

The Yacana company was created in April 2014 and its main activity is the supply of raw materials, production, industrialization and marketing of products that are part of the Textile Production Complex – Camelid Sector.

Its mission is to promote, together with social actors, the process of changing the productive matrix, strengthening the plural economy through the transformation of camelid fiber into high-quality threads and fabrics, in harmony with nature.

In this way, the aim is to generate a new source of foreign currency income through the export of non-conventional products that have been little used to date.