4-Inexperienced slaughtering practices causing major “rawhide” loss
A huge amount of raw hides were damaged during the last Eid-ul-Adha due to inexperience and inefficiency. At least 21 percent of cowhides were found to have ‘flay cuts’, which negatively affected both the quality and market price of the hides. As a result, these hides were sold at an average price of 45 percent less than good quality hides, according to the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Inexperienced slaughtering practices causing major rawhide lossCPD Senior Research Associate Tamim Ahmed presented this information at a research evaluation workshop titled ‘Bangladesh Leather Supply Chain: Ensuring Quality and Price of Raw Leather’…