CORPORATE RAW FIBRE FACTS

Question 1

Cashmere | Annually how many tonnes does UPW purchase of cashmere fibre?

Answer 1

~100 tonnes

Question 2

rPET | Annually how many tonnes does UPW purchase of rPET?

Answer 2

~13 tonnes

Question 3

rPET | What is the price point of rPET per kilogram?

Answer 3

RMB 12.6/KG with VAT

Question 4

rPET | What are our desired specs for short fiber rPET?

Answer 4

Diameter: 1.5d
Length: 38mm

Question 5

Cashmere | What micron do we typically purchase?

Answer 5

16.3 microns

Question 6

Cashmere | What is considered high-quality cashmere (microns/length)?

Answer 6

?? 15.5 microns / 32-34 mm

Question 7

The average cost for certification with control union

Answer 7

30-40k HKD

Question 8

Describe the scope of the cashmere program with Uniqlo

Answer 8

3-year contract, audits, the volume is 100 tonnes across 10k farms

Question 9

Describe the scope of the cashmere program with Whistle

Answer 9

3 tonnes traceable to about 15 farms

Question 10

Who are some vertical suppliers for cashmere?

Answer 10

Artwell, Consignee, Erdos, Kingdeer, MORO, Yuteng

Question 11

Who are some yarn suppliers for cashmere?

Answer 11

Chifeng and Lugang

Question 12

What is the average size of hangers? What machine is used to make this?

Answer 12

30cm or 50cm
A4 Size
APEX Fix Design Jr

Question 13

1000 grams = # kg

1000 kg = # tonne

Answer 13

1000 grams = 1 kg

1000 kg = 1 tonne

Question 14

On avg 1kg of yarn can make how may sweaters?

Answer 14

4 sweaters

Question 15

How #grams is an avg sweater?

Answer 15

220 gram

Question 16

What is the payment structure of knitting factories?

Answer 16

One model is by time

1 min = 80 cents

Question 17

Avg wasteage in the spinning process?

Answer 17

can be quite low, avg 5%, higher end is 10%

Question 18

how long does it take to ship samples?

Answer 18

under 100kg can take 3 days by UPS / 10 days by crate

Question 19

what are the min and max of lot sizes?

Answer 19

mix: 15 kg

avg/max: 2 tonnes

Question 20

how much does it cost for a whole garment machine?

Answer 20

1.3 million

Question 21

dion / how much cashmere per goat?

100,000 goats creates how many kgs of fiber?

Answer 21

250 grams

100,000 goats = 25k kgs

Question 22

dion / how many farms can Yuteng document?

Answer 22

500 farms across 3 regions: Chifeng, Ordos, Bayannur

Question 23

dion / how many farms would it take Yuteng to source 100 tones of raw fibers?

Answer 23

it would like roughly 500 farms

Question 24

eddie / how many goats would it take to make a sweater?

Answer 24

roughly 1 goat = 1 sweater