The rawhide merchants in Bangladesh are reportedly getting prices as per rates fixed by the Government for skins of sacrificial animals and at times even more than the fixed prices, as per media reports.
The rawhide merchants at Posta in Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh, which is considered the main hub of rawhide trading, have sold around 90 per cent of the hides that they collected during the Eid-ul-Azha, claimed the reports adding most mainline tanneries in the country including names like Bay, Akij and Apex have procured rawhides at prices more than that has been fixed by the Government.
According to the President of Bangladesh Hide and Skin Merchants’ Association, Aftab Ali, the Government has reportedly fixed prices for hides preserved with salt and had the same been done for hides that have not been preserved with salt, rawhide traders would have got better prices for those as well.
It may be mentioned here that the Government had fixed the price of rawhides this year, ahead of the Eid.
Further, the Government also decided to allow export of rawhides and wet blue leather if required to make sure that the seasonal traders can get proper prices.
Bharat Tex Special Report 2026 
