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mikehrz
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i've read several times about how large akoyas are almost exclusively japanese. why is this? what is it about chinese pearl farms that results in most of their production being the smaller diameter pearls?
jshepherd
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It is completely due to the hatcheries. The oysters are too small to nucleate with 7mm+. This is changing - slowly but surely. I have seen a few lots 8.5mm and larger, but the prices are actually higher than Japanese. I forsee that the Japanese farming industry will completely give way to China in the next 5 years.
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jerin
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Larger Akoya Pearls from China
Larger Akoya Pearls from China
Jeremy,
will that mean that endconsumers in the future have to expect to pay higher prices for Chinese Akoya pearls than for Japanese Akoyas of the same size and quality?
And if so - is this depending on the production cost for the Chinese hatcheries or simply due to the (future)fact that there will be no more Japanese Akoyas on the market to be had, i.e. no competition from Japan and/or other countries?
Regards
Inge Jernberg
Larger Akoya Pearls from China
Jeremy,
will that mean that endconsumers in the future have to expect to pay higher prices for Chinese Akoya pearls than for Japanese Akoyas of the same size and quality?
And if so - is this depending on the production cost for the Chinese hatcheries or simply due to the (future)fact that there will be no more Japanese Akoyas on the market to be had, i.e. no competition from Japan and/or other countries?
Regards
Inge Jernberg
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