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From the glorious past to the bleakness now, the fur industry that was once regarded as "luxury" and "soft gold" by the Chinese people has now fallen to the point where there is no market and "prices are like grass".

It is reported that many practitioners in the fur industry are now facing a reduction in orders and loss of orders. Many farmers have squeezed a lot of new skins in their hands and can only sell them at a loss.

Some insiders say that in 2015-2016, the fur industry has begun to decline. For a while, the purchase price of high-quality raccoon leather was only 200 yuan/piece...

In fact, it is also because the Chinese people's awareness of protecting small animals has increased, and their clothes are more comfortable, so they are not interested in clothing such as fur.

The fur industry began to decline, and now another industry has also embarked on the back of the fur industry, this is the mahogany industry.

Even people who don’t know the mahogany industry have heard that mahogany furniture is very expensive and valuable? For example, some "rosewood", "rosewood", "red sandalwood" and the like, as long as these Vocabulary related furniture, then the price must not be cheap.

Even now, there are still many people who like mahogany furniture, especially by the rich. They feel that mahogany furniture is very classic at home and can also reflect their worth.

And now there are mahogany furniture of various prices on the market, the average price is easily 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, and furniture of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands is also common.

In other words, why is mahogany furniture so expensive?

The important thing is that the raw materials are strong and high-quality

Some cultural heritage experts have said that the best furniture in Ming and Qing China is made of huanghuali. For this reason, in my country's traditional furniture industry, everyone has begun to acquiesce that the service life of mahogany appliances can be calculated in a hundred years, which is longer than other woods.

Therefore, in terms of collection value, the collection value of mahogany furniture is higher.

It's labor

Because of the high hardness of mahogany furniture, the difficulty in processing is much higher than that of other woods. And if it is made directly with a machine, the mahogany wood will be destroyed. Therefore, in ancient times, if a carpenter could directly make mahogany furniture by hand, he must be a well-known carpenter among carpenters.

Therefore, there is a region in our country that is very popular. Xianyou County, Fujian, my country, is known as China's largest woodcarving production base and one of the three main producing areas of mahogany classic furniture. It is reported that in the middle of 2014, the output value of the redwood industry in this county town reached 33 billion yuan.

What is valuable is "the scarcity is the most expensive"

In the market, the more rare things, the higher the price. The production of mahogany is slow, and even before it was regarded as a non-renewable resource, a raw material on the verge of disappearing. It is also because of the long growth cycle that this determines the first point-mahogany has fine wood, high hardness and good quality.

However, when more and more people noticed the high value of mahogany, a large amount of logging has caused the number of mahogany to decrease sharply. For this reason, my country's mahogany is almost imported, and now many types of mahogany have become "national endangered species."

Since 2020, affected by the international epidemic, the prices of some Siamese rosewood raw materials have even doubled, and the prices of consumer products have also experienced varying degrees of price increases, and the entire industry chain has suffered from price increases.

It's "hype"

Just like the Tibetan mastiff hype before the market, only if the price is increased, then the merchants in this industry can make money. Therefore, the price of a Tibetan mastiff can be as high as one million or even tens of millions, which we call "the sky-high Tibetan mastiff."

The same is true for the mahogany industry, because mahogany furniture has a long history in the country, has collection value, and high transportation costs, which have become reasons for manufacturers to hype.

However, according to the current mahogany market, some people in the industry revealed that as early as 2017, some people said that they were not optimistic about the prospects of the mahogany industry. From 2019 to now, many redwood manufacturers are also complaining about the market downturn.

As for the Xianyou County of Fujian mentioned above, its profit value has declined since 2015. A large number of employees left. A certain boss revealed that for a while, the sales of over 60% of the merchants in the market declined, and many were operating at a loss.

The high-end timber market that was once admired has also gone downhill. In fact, it has something to do with the consumer group. Mahogany furniture is only suitable for Chinese style. It has an "old cadre" atmosphere, which is very different from the aesthetics of young people today.

In addition, the restriction of raw materials forced the reduction of furniture production, etc., which are all reasons for the decline of the mahogany market.

To be honest, the premium in the market itself is also quite high, and the real and fake mahogany industry is also a big problem. So, do you think there is still a market for mahogany furniture?