The Xinjiang goat breed from the mountains of Xinjiang in China is used for the production of milk, cashmere, and meat.
Annual cashmere yield is , with a cashmere length of and a diameter of . Cross-breeding with the Liaoning Cashmere breed has been found to improve cashmere yield and length at the cost of increased fibre diameter.
See also Cashmere goat
References Breed data sheet: Xinjiang/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
Porter, Valerie (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties (5th edition). Wallingford: CABI. . p. 160.
M. Yerxat, D. Yalejean (1995). Application of wild goats in cashmere breeding. Small Ruminant Research. . .