Rutog Cashmere

Rutog Cashmere

Rutog cashmere is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Rutog cashmere is a specialty of Rutog County in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet.

　　Rutog County is an important part of the cashmere goat industry belt in northwestern Tibet. The Kashmir white cashmere produced here has been a renowned product in the international market since ancient times. It is a distinctive local resource and a flagship product of Rutog, as well as a major source of income growth and prosperity for local farmers and herders.

　　Cashmere, internationally acclaimed as "fiber gem" and "soft gold," originates from Rutog County in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. As early as the 16th century, cashmere had already earned fame in Western Europe, and the white cashmere from Rutog has been certified by authoritative international institutions and won the Gold Award at the National Agricultural Fair.

　　Rutog County mainly raises livestock such as yaks, dzo, sheep, goats, and horses, among which goats make up a significant proportion. The white cashmere goat is one of the county’s distinctive resources. White cashmere goats in our county account for 3.69% of the total number of goats in Tibet and 10.86% of those on the Qiangtang Plateau. Our white cashmere is among the finest goat breeds in China, characterized by high breed purity, fine fiber, high yield per goat, dense follicle density, and excellent fiber quality. It has long enjoyed a stellar reputation both domestically and internationally, having won the Silver and Gold Awards at the China Agricultural Fair, and is hailed as Rutog’s “soft gold.”

　　Rutog Cashmere

　　The administrative region currently under the jurisdiction of five townships in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet: Rutog Town, Risong Township, Rebeng Township, Duoma Township, and Dongru Township

　　Letter from the People’s Government of Rutog County, Tibet on Delimiting the Origin Scope of Geographical Indication Product – Rutog Cashmere, No. 3 [2014] of Rutog Government Document

　　Notice from the General Office of Rutog County People’s Government on Issuing the Technical Specifications and Classification Standards for Rutog Cashmere Goats, No. 121 [2013] of Rutog Government Office Document