Muping Rabbit Fur

Muping Rabbit Fur

　　【Muping Rabbit Fur】 Muping rabbit fur is snow-white and glossy, tough and resistant to acids and alkalis. It is especially known for being soft and long (over 1.7 inches in length),

　　making it an excellent raw material for exporting processed rabbit hair yarn. This advantage once attracted numerous foreign merchants who placed excess orders through the Canton Fair. Muping County’s annual rabbit fur exports per

　　year consistently exceeded 90,000 kilograms.

　　 Over 90% of Muping County’s total area consists of hills, providing abundant forage resources. The county began raising Angora rabbits in the 1960s. In 1967,

　　Kongxintou Village in what was then the Jiejiazhuang Commune had an average of 4–7 rabbits per person, and that year the village sold over 10,000 kilograms of rabbit fur to the state. After 1978,

　　the rabbit-raising experience of Kongxintou Village was widely promoted across the county, giving rise to specialized rabbit-raising households. They introduced Japanese and West German Angora rabbits to crossbreed with local breeds, cultivating and improving new varieties. By 1982, the county had an average of 1–4 rabbits per person, and the total rabbit fur sold to the state reached 90,000 kilograms. To date,

　　rabbit raising has become widespread in mountain villages. In 1987, the county sold 125,000 kilograms of rabbit fur to the state, including 90,000 kilograms of first-grade fur, generating foreign exchange

　　of $1.1 million.

　　110万美元。