Special training planned for leather industry
The Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology of Dhaka University plans a special training programme to create qualified and skilled manpower in the field of leather processing technology...
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Non-leather footwear exports rise over 5yrs
Bangladesh鈥檚 exports of non-leather footwear have witnessed a sustained growth over the past five years...
Sought by luxury labels, Nigerian leather reclaims home market
We are re-publishing the following story, which has been selected by AFP鈥檚 chief editors as among the most inspiring of the week. Pictures by Olympia de Maismont. Video by Yasmine Canga-Valles...
Sought by luxury labels, Nigerian leather reclaims home market
Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins.
Leather sector could tap $5b market
Bangladesh鈥檚 leather industry has been struggling to surpass the US $1.0 billion export mark for over a decade, hindered by compliance gaps and insufficient new investment, said sector leaders and economists.
Govt keen to enhance export from 4 sectors
The government has formed a 16-member inter-ministerial committee, headed by the principal secretary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office, for reviewing the possible measures for enhancing the export competitiveness of four sectors namely leather and leather goods, jute-made goods, agricultural and agri-processed goods and pharmaceuticals sectors...
Leather, leather-goods exports see 10pc growth
The export earnings from the leather and leather goods increased by 10.19 per cent to $1.14 billion in the recently concluded financial year 2024-25, according to the Export Promotion Bureau...
Can recycling lead leather industry forward?
DESPITE its long-standing potential, Bangladesh鈥檚 leather industry remains chronically underdeveloped. This stagnation continues even as the country produces over 350 million square feet of rawhide annually 鈥� an abundant resource that should position Bangladesh as a global leather hub. Yet unlike the ready-made garments sector, which thrived through sustained...
Loan release for leather sector falls short of target
The Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 initiative to inject Tk 232 crore into the leather sector for procuring rawhide during Eid-ul-Azha has fallen significantly short, with only Tk 125 crore disbursed to businesses, according to industry insiders...
Govt working to dismantle syndicate in leather sector, says Bashir
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday said that a huge anarchy had prevailed in the country鈥檚 leather sector over the last 15 years during the previous regime, which led to a drastic fall in this sector...
Road map sought to turn leather sector as next pillar of export
Speakers at a seminar today put emphasis on creating an integrated roadmap to turn the leather sector as the next pillar of export growth...
Compliance failure stalls growth of leather export: experts
Bangladesh鈥檚 leather sector holds significant export potential and has access to high-quality raw leather from domestic sources, but it is facing stagnation due to persistent compliance issues, according to tanners and industry experts...
Leather sector lagging 30yrs behind: experts
Speakers at a discussion meeting on Sunday said that the Bangladesh leather industry has been going through a tough situation over the past 10 years...
PRE-BUDGET DISCUSSION: Businesses demand tax cuts, duty benefits
The industrialists in the leather goods and ceramic sectors, real estate businesses and reconditioned car traders demanded various tax cuts and duty benefits in the upcoming national budget for fiscal year 2025-26...
3-day Leathertech Bangladesh starts
Leathertech Bangladesh on Thursday inaugurated an international technology tradeshow 鈥楲eathertech Bangladesh 2024鈥� that focuses on leather, footwear machinery, shoe materials, chemical and accessories for footwear and leather-goods sector...
Govt should implement tannery worker鈥檚 minimum wage early
THE relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Savar had been in discussions until the relocation was somewhat complete a few years ago, with some prickly issues such as pollution still rearing the head. The relocation project began in 2003 on a High Court order of 2001 to save the moribund River Buriganga. The tannery units...
Interim govt to support domestic leather sector
Finance and commerce adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said on Sunday that the interim government would provide support to the leather sector that had potential to diversify the export basket dominated mainly by readymade garments...
Time-bound action plans being formulated for leather industry dev: industries secy
Senior secretary of the industries ministry Zakia Sultana on Monday informed that time-bound action plans were being formulated for the development of the leather industry...
Export of leather footwear dips, non-leather one rises
Bangladesh鈥檚 leather footwear exports in July-May of the current financial year 2023-24 declined by nearly 26 per cent while the exports of non-leather footwear...
South Korea keen to invest in jute, leather sectors
South Korean ambassador Park Young-sik has聽expressed his country鈥檚 keen interest to invest in the jute and leather聽sectors of Bangladesh for mutual benefits of both the countries...
