Fur
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1994:
“The International Trade Commission––measuring production
and import/export figures––placed U.S. [wholesale] fur consumption at
$338 million last year, down from $705 million in 1989 but up from $283
million in 1992,” the November 7 edition of New York magazine reported.
The ITC figures validate ANIMAL PEOPLE’s projection based on retail
mink prices that the U.S. fur trade took in $650 to $750 million in each of
the past two winters, about two-thirds of what the fur trade claims.
Although ANIMAL PEOPLE projected that retail sales fell again last win-
ter, the wholesale dollar volume could have been up, as many furriers are
now pushing more costly furs such as sable to make up for lost volume.