rabbit pelts pelts lapin hides
Origin:
Chinese Dongbei region
Chinese Shandong province
Rabbit fur skins and plates are our base business for generations. We started from rabbit pelts and plates and then expand to other areas.
Our town-Daying is the largest manufacturing center for rabbit pelts and plates all around the world. Each year, half billion rabbit pelts are traded here.
There are rabbit pelts from within China, Europe including Easr, West and Middle Europe. Latin America, Korea and even Egypt. Each of them have their own specialities.
There are also rabbit pelts from different parts of China mainly including: Dongbei origin, Shandong origin, Sichuan origin, etc.
Each origin of rabbit pelts have their own characteristics. Here below, there are 2 forms to make them clear:
Characteristics of Rabbit Furs of Different Origins Worldwide
Origin |
Fur |
Color |
Size |
Cost |
Application |
China |
Very heavy |
Natural white |
Extra-large |
Medium |
Trimming |
West |
Semi-heavy |
Natural white |
Large |
Low |
Lining |
East |
Semi-heavy |
Natural white |
Large |
Low |
Garment |
Latin |
Semi-heavy |
Natural brown |
Large |
Medium |
Collar |
Korea |
Heavy |
Natural mahogany |
Medium |
Medium |
Collar |
Characteristics of Rabbit Furs of Different Origins in China
Origin |
Fur |
Color |
Size |
Cost |
Application |
Dongbei |
Very heavy |
Natural white |
Extra-large |
Very high |
Trimming |
Shandong |
Heavy |
Natural white |
Large |
High |
Collar garment |
Sichuan |
Semi-heavy |
Natural white |
Medium |
Low |
Garment |
From information avove-mentioned, we can see that China rabbit hides have much better quality than rabbit pelts from any else places. How ever, because of lower cost and large productivitiy, European rabbit pelts are the best choice for making garment interlining, lining, fur blankets, etc.
In addition, another obvious advantage of Chinese rabbit pelts is that they have more colors for choice white European rabbit pelts are of white most of the time. They are also brown and grass colors rabbit pelts from Mexio and other Latin American areas but the production is quite limited.
Within China, we deal with rabbit pelts of Dongbei origin and Shandong origin in all colors, each quality-level, in forms of skins, plates, semi-finished or finished products to international market and Chinese domestic users.
- Generally speaking, Chinese rabbit pelts of white and brown colors are always bigger and of grass, grey and mixed colors are always medium and mahogany rabbit pelts are the smallest.
- Sizes of different colors of rabbit pelts are as below:
Color |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Average |
Natural white / Brown |
35 cm |
50 cm |
40 cm |
Natural grass |
30 cm |
45 cm |
35 cm |
Natural mahogany |
25 cm |
40 cm |
30 cm |
- Sizes mentioned above are not fixed. Some Dongbei rabbit pelts for making trimming can be up to 70 cm.
- All sizes above are for original rabbit pelts without stretching.
- We can stretch rabbit pelts bigger with customers' requirements.
Season: Winter/Autumn/Spring/Summer We deal with rabbit skins all year around and have rabbit skins of any seasons. Because of different seasons, fur quality and heaviness of rabbit skins can be different in terms of length, under fur, etc. With the difference of origins, rabbit skins can be used for different purposes. We combined origins and seasons together to evaluate the fur heaviness and other quality details to determine the gradings into A+, A and B. Besides skins of grades listed below, we also lower quality rabbit skins for making blankets, interlining, lining and other purposes. Grade: A+, A and B No matter what color and origin, we devided them into several grades and the quality A+, A and B are for international markets. Grade A+ rabbit skins with very heavy fur are for making trimming. Grade A with heavy fur are for making collars. Grade B with semi-heavy fur are for making high quality garment for international market. It is important to determine what grade of rabbit skins you are looking for. Please refer to photos on the right column.