EU Fur breeding quality chain serves international fashion brands
Fur breeding is the only form of agriculture and animal husbandry which serves international fashion brands. Pirkko Rantanen-Kervinen, managing director of Finnish Fur Sales, underlined the importance of European fur breeding at a press meeting held in Brussels on November 12. Finnish Fur Sales is a major international auction house.The value of fur breeding was EUR 1.5 billion in 2007, with most breeding sites concentrated in northern and central Europe. In addition to breeding, the lion’s share of professional fur auctioning, know-how, top design and fashion trend-setting originate from