Denmark is the world’s largest producer of quality skins with an annual production of around 14 million mink skins

Fur farming

Production of mink skins varies according to changing demand. Changing weather, financial market developments and fashion trends all impact on demand. Currently, around 50 million mink skins are produced globally each year. 

Denmark is the world’s largest producer of quality skins with an annual production of around 14 million mink skins. Other important fur producing countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, China and the USA. 

Denmark also produces a lesser quantity of fox, chinchilla and rabbit skins.