Congress approves decree to boost camelid and sheep fiber processing plants

The National Representation of the Congress of the Republic unanimously approved (102 votes) the report that promotes the implementation of plants for the processing of fiber from South American camelids and sheep, with the aim of adding value to these products. The legislative initiative is based on the bill projects 2037/2021-CR, 3170/2022-CR, 7235/2023-CR, 8168/2023-CR, 8178/2023-CR, and 8390/2023-CR, which was exempted from a second vote. The head of the Production Commission, Raúl Huamán Coronado (FP), stated that "small producers of South American camelid and sheep fibers sell unprocessed fibers individually and without improvements, which results in a low exchange value." "Alpaca fiber, although it has remarkable properties such as being silky, soft, durable, elastic, non-flammable, and having unique thermal properties, needs improvement processes both in the fiber itself and in the genetics of the animals," he highlighted. He also said that, in order to overcome the ...