Over 450,000 hides collected in the first two days of Eid-ul-Azha
The Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) has reported that more than 450,000 pieces of raw hide have been collected across the first two days of Eid-ul-Azha. Read More...
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Hides and skins damaged by Eid rains
Approximately 70,000 pieces of raw hides have entered the Savar Leather Industrial City on the outskirts of Dhaka as of June 29, said Executive Engineer of BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate Md Mahfujur Rahman Rizwan. Read More...
Sindh bans forced collection of hides during Eid-ul-Azha
The Sindh Home Department in Pakistan has banned the collection of hides during Eid-ul-Azha without permission. Read More...
Bangladesh hide traders expect better prices this Eid
Hide traders in Bangladesh should get better prices during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha holiday, according to the Bangladesh Hide and Skin Merchants' Association. Read More...
Hide traders demand outstanding payments before Eid
Hide and skin traders in Bangladesh are demanding that tannery owners pay them outstanding bills before Eid-ul-Azha.
Read More...Eid saw Chattogram raw material traders buy at low prices
Raw materials and leather traders in the port city of Chattogram sold raw materials worth Tk 20 crore (US$2.3 million) during and after Eid-ul-Azha in July.
Read More...Rampant waste of raw hides and skins after Eid-ul-Azha
Despite fixing a higher price for the animal skins and allowing the export of wet-blue for the first time in 30 years, the Bangladesh government was unable to prevent widespread waste of raw hides and skins. However, the waste was reportedly less than in the previous two Eid-ul-Azha festivals.
Read More...Hide waste continues due to low cashflow
The rawhide trade for 2021 still looks unfavourable in a number of countries, including Bangladesh, which has been negatively impacted by low cash flow and weakened markets as a result of Covid-19. Consequently, over the past two years, people at grassroots level have either thrown away or buried thousands of hides because they could not get proper prices from seasonal traders.
Read More...Tanners given extension on loan repayments
On June 22, Bangladesh Bank issued a notice extending the deadline for tanners to repay default loans by three months under relaxed facilities given the upcoming holiday, Eid-ul-Azha, scheduled to be celebrated July 21. Tanners usually buy rawhides worth Tk 1,500 crore (US$18 million) during the Eid-ul-Azha.
Read More...Hides and skins dumped in Bangladesh following Eid al-Adha
The number of sacrificed livestock during this year’s Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday was more than anticipated, despite being lower than that of the earlier years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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