Supporting industry wide standards through ARI supports alpaca value.

Alpacas Registered Per Year
Year
Number of Alpacas
  
1986
607
  
1987
148
  
1988
180
  
1989
202
  
1990
90
  
1991
539
  
1992
640
  
1993
969
  
1994
1,866
  
1995
2,598
  
1996
3,111
  
1997
3,852
  
1998
4,310
  
1999
7,464
  
2000
6,079
  
2001
9,258
  
2002
10,442
  
2003
10,283
  
2004
7,287
  
2005
15,919
  
2006
19,623
  
2007
19,572
  
2008
18,030
  
Alpacas Registered Since Inception
143,069