甘宁青皮毛贸易是近代以来西北新兴的大宗对外贸易形式,它曾对近代甘宁青民族和社会的各个方面都产生过莫大影响,因而值得深入研究。本文对这一重要经济现象的兴起及其原因作了专门探讨。阐明了近代以来这里贸易内容和结构发生改变,羊毛贸易新兴、皮张出口范围和数量空前激增等具体情形,进而分析了皮毛贸易兴起之内外原因。认为这里本身存在的市场潜力和民族市场发育过程中孕育成长起来的商业实体构成了皮毛贸易兴起和发展的内部动力机制,而同时天津开埠、国内外市场需求变化等外部因素又是刺激甘宁青皮毛贸易兴起的关键性因素。 Gansu Ningxia fur trade is a new form of bulk foreign trade in Northwest China since modern times. It had had a great influence on all aspects of the Gansu-Ningh people and the society in modern times and deserved further study. This article specifically explores the rise of this important economic phenomenon and its causes. Clarified the specific circumstances such as the trade content and structure changed here, the emerging wool trade, the scope and the unprecedented surge in the export of leather products, and so on, and then analyzed the internal and external causes of the rise of fur trade. It is believed that the market potential itself and the commercial entities that have developed during the development of the ethnic market constitute the internal motivation mechanism for the rise and development of fur trade. Meanwhile, the external factors such as the opening of ports in Tianjin and the changes in domestic and foreign markets are stimulating Gansu Ningxia The key factor for the rise of the cashmere trade.