Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin has said salt-cured rawhides are being sold at prices set by the government. Many seasonal traders have said the significant price difference between salt-cured and unsalted animal skins this year has left them devastated. This year, tanners in the capital can purchase salt-cured cowhide at Tk 60-65 per sqft, up from last year's rate at Tk 55-60. Outside Dhaka, the price of salt-cured cowhide has been set at Tk 55-60 a sqft, compared with last year's Tk 50-55. The commerce advisor said, “First of all, the prices we set for rawhides were with salt included.

Source: bd News24 June 09, 2025 01:33 UTC