Rawhide prices unchanged this Eid

The government has kept the prices of different types of rawhides of sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha unchanged from last year.   

Tanners would buy per square feet salted cowhide and buffalo rawhide at Tk 45-50 in Dhaka and at Tk 35-40 for outside capital, as per a decision made after a meeting between Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and leather traders at the secretariat in Dhaka yesterday.

The price of salted skin of castrated goats has been fixed at Tk 18-20 per square feet, while the price of salted skin of un-castrated goat has been fixed at Tk 13-15.

Munshi ordered everybody to play a responsible role in the trade of rawhide during and after Eid-ul-Azha.

He urged the authorities concerned to take effective measures so that the rawhides are not smuggled out of the country.

Munshi also said the supply of sacrifice animals is adequate.

A statement from the commerce ministry said the demand for sacrificial animals in the country is 70 lakh.

However, the supply of such animals is 1.18 crore across the country.