Basic Introduction to Cashmere in Hangjin Banner
Hangjin Banner is a banner mainly based on traditional agriculture and animal husbandry. The production of cashmere accounts for a certain proportion of the economic structure of animal husbandry, and cashmere income is also an important channel for herdsmen to increase their income. It is of great significance to conduct in-depth research on the purchase and production enterprises of fluff in agricultural and pastoral areas, and to conduct market price research on fluff, in order to guide the scientific trading of herdsmen and promote sustainable income growth
Goat cashmere has the characteristics of being light, soft, gentle, and warm, so Japan is known as the "fiber gemstone", Britain as the "crown of fibers", and the United States as the "white cloud"Cashmere is a high-end woolen material, which can be divided into white velvet, purple velvet, and green velvet according to its color. Among them, white velvet has a wide range of uses. White wool refers to the wool produced by Baishan sheep. The Albas white cashmere goat in Etuoke Banner is the most famous. This type of sheep has a high yield of wool, with superior fineness, length, tensile strength, stretchability, luster, and other properties
In the international market, more than 50% of the world's high-quality cashmere is produced in Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia's Albas cashmere goats, Alxa cashmere goats, Erlangshan cashmere goats, and Chifeng Saihan cashmere goats are the main sources of high-quality cashmere in China. At the same time, Inner Mongolia's annual production of goat cashmere accounts for half of the country's total and one-third of the world's total, earning it the consensus that "the world's cashmere - China's cashmere looks to Inner Mongolia". More than 2600 cashmere enterprises in China gather 90% of the world's cashmere raw materials, and their processed products are exported to more than 40 countries and regions such as Japan, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, and France, accounting for 80% of the world's export volumeGeographic Location
Hangjin Banner is located in the northwest of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, spanning the Ordos Plateau and Hetao Plain. The Yellow River flows 242 kilometers from west to east through the entire banner, and the Kubuqi Desert spans from east to west. The entire banner is naturally divided into the northern riverside area and the southern Liangwai area.
. Liangwai District is mainly composed of grasslands and natural forest reserves. The grasslands are vast, with excellent grass quality and abundant production of various wild green foods. It is an important grassland ecological animal husbandry base in the autonomous region; The area along the river belongs to the alluvial plain of the Yellow River, with abundant water sources and fertile soil, making it an efficient agricultural and animal husbandry base in the autonomous region