Tanners collect 5.5 lakh pieces of rawhides directly

Tanners in Bangladesh have collected 5.5 lakh pieces of rawhides directly in the first two days of Eid-ul-Azha, up 83 per cent from a year ago.

Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) Chairman Md Shaheen Ahamed shared the information at a press briefing today at his office in Dhaka's Dhanmondi.

Last year, tannery owners bought around 3 lakh pieces of raw leather directly from the people who sacrificed cattle in the first two days of Eid.

The purchase of salted rawhides will begin on Thursday, Ahamed said.

A total of 99,50,763 animals were sacrificed this Eid, according to the fisheries and livestock ministry, up 9.4 per cent year-on-year.

The government has fixed the price of salted cowhide at Tk 47-52 per square foot in Dhaka and Tk 40-44 in other parts of the country, respectively up from Tk 40-45 and Tk 33-37 last year.

The price of male goat hide has been set at Tk 18-20 per sft, up from Tk 15-17 in 2021.