Table 1
Vicuña population per country according to country presentations to the Vicuña Convention4 2007.
| Country | Vicuña population | Fibre exports 2007 (kg) |
| Argentina | 72,678 | 205.650 |
| Bolivia | 62,869 | 950 |
| Chile | 16,942 | 157.890 |
| Ecuador | 2683 | 0 |
| Peru | 188,327 | 3226.250 |
| TOTAL | 343,499 | 4539.790 |
Table 2
Evolution of fibre prices in the different Andean countries.
| Argentina ranches (US$/kg) | Argentina INTA (US$/kg) | Chile (US$/kg) | Bolivia (US$/kg) | Peru (US$/kg) | |
| 1998 | 250 | 349 | 308 | ||
| 1999 | 250 | 349 | 308 | ||
| 2000 | 250 | 349 | 308 | ||
| 2001 | 250 | 349 | 308 | ||
| 2002 | 300 | 349 | 575 | 385 | |
| 2003 | NA | 363 | 615 | 380–437 | |
| 2004 | NA | 661 | 615 | 507 | |
| 2005 | NA | 895 | NA | 450 | |
| 2006 | NA | 896.50 | 660 | 365/? | |
| 2007 | NA | 940 | 677 | 380 | 250–507 |
Note: Fibre exports commenced in different years as a result to differences in timing of downgrading vicuñas in CITES. Sources: Argentina: (INTA Abrapampa, Lichtenstein 2006); Peru (Hoces, pers. comm.; Brewin 2007); Chile (CONAF, SAG, pers. comm.). Figures in italics refer to pre-dehaired fibre (i.e. fibre with some level of processing). NA indicates that the information was not available.