Month: July 2020

In this regard, the ministry for the first time has issued a letter to the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) for taking necessary action ahead of the Eid…

Finished leather and leather goods exporters have suggested fixing the prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals after analysing the last five-six months’ leather export data.…

The rawhide collection drive for Eid-ul-Azha is again facing hurdles this year amid the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in leather exports.…

The authorities have failed to complete the Tannery Industrial Park at Savar even though it has been over three years after the tanneries were forced to shift there from Hazaribagh in the capital, adversely affecting leather exports and causing fresh pollutions in the area.…

Export of leather and leather goods from Bangladesh fetched $797.6 million, down by 21.79% from $1.01 billion in FY19…

Tanners will get loans from Covid-19 incentive packages to buy raw hides during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, a meeting has decided.…

Tanneries are suffering from a capital shortage following a drop in sales amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and subsequently, the country’s rawhide business has been severely impacted, according to the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA).…

Since its inception, CETP at Savar took around 15 years to be built-up but it is yet to get its operational and other productive aspects for environment compliance…

Apparently untreated effluent from tanneries at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate flows into the Dhaleshwari river. The estate has been using its central effluent treatment plant on trial for almost two years and is yet to put it into regular service.…

Tannery owners and relevant government officials at a webinar on Monday expressed fear that the rawhide purchasing and tanning might experience the same problems it had faced last year as they still remained unaddressed.…