Cashmere is the hair of the cashmere goat. Globally, around 25,611 tonnes of greasy cashmere fibers were estimated to have been produced in 2024. Around 69% of this was Borders (AVSF) Sustainable Cashmere Certification, The Good Cashmere Standard@ (GCS), Responsible Nomads, and the estimated to be 36% (9,210 tonnes) in 2024. This follows a (around 11,959 tonnes). Production in 2024 is similar to that in 2022, when the market share was an estimated 35% (9,319 tonnes).4 This trend is reported to be in response to 1 IWTO,2024.Market Information. Edition19. 2024 data was not available so 2023 is used as a proxy. 2 Textile Exchange based on National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2024. with the community and cashmere sale processes. The South Gobi Cashmere Program cooperatives are now managed by the Good Growth Company, oneofthe projects selected approach rather than a certified product approach, we aim to include it in the Materials Directory going forward, ratherthan listing it here as a standard system. 4 Textile Exchange compilationbased onsource(1) and data provided bythe program(s): AVSF,GCS, RN, andSFA.lase note tis possiblethat there is anoverlap inthe production volumes reported for the different programs.