Over 4.5 lakh pieces of rawhides were collected in the first two days of Eid-ul-Azha, Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) Chairman Md Shaheen Ahamed said on Saturday.
"Tanners have so far collected over 4.5 lakh pieces of rawhides across the country . . . as per our plan, we will continue to collect the rawhide," he said at a press conference held at the Imperial Amin Ahmed Centre in Dhaka's Dhanmondi.
he said about 90-95 lakh pieces of rawhides are likely to be collected from across the country this year.
Replying to a question on whether traders are buying rawhides at the rate fixed by the government, the BTA chairman claimed that the tanners are buying rawhides at rates set by the government.
Ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, the government fixed the prices of salt-applied cow rawhide at Tk 50-55 per square foot in Dhaka and Tk 45-48 per square foot outside Dhaka.
