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But things have changed. First, because the export market opened up the eyes
of many people who realized that fine, well-balanced animals were worth good
money, and secondly, because the industrial textile companies started paying
better prices for fine fiber instead of buying it by the weight.
The Inca Group, a global leader in the manufacturing of alpaca textiles
and the main buyer of fine alpaca fiber, understood the change before others
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