করোনা প্রাদুর্ভাবের নেতিবাচক প্রভাব পড়তে শুরু করেছে বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতিতে। এরই মধ্যে দেশের অন্তত ১৪টি খাতে সমস্যা তৈরি হয়েছে। ট্যারিফ কমিশনের প্রাথমিক হিসাব বলছে, আমদানি-রফতানি সংকুচিত হওয়ায় কয়েকটি খাতে অন্তত ৬০০০ কোটি টাকার ক্ষতির আশঙ্কা রয়েছে। বিশেষ করে কাঁচামালের অভাবে দেশের বিভিন্ন শিল্প-কারখানার উৎপাদন সংকুচিত হওয়ার পাশাপাশি অনেক...
Leather manufacturing group ISA TanTec has announced that preparatory work at the site for its second tannery in Vietnam is complete and that construction of the new facility can now begin. ISA Tan Tec confirmed that it expects the production project to be complete before the end...
Leather goods and footwear exporters have faced export order cancellation of $200 million, while the crushed leather exporters have seen another $53 million cancellation Exporters involved in crushed leather and leather goods business have suffered financial losses worth above $250 million as the trade with major global economies...
The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) have joined forces to urge the Trump administration not to move forward with proposed tariffs on imported handbags from the European Union. In April the US government included leather handbags on a list...
Bangladesh’s export earnings in April declined by 82.85 per cent year-on-year as the demand for goods shrank on the global market and the production remained suspended in the country in the month due to the global coronavirus outbreak. The country’s single month export earnings in April this...
The government is trying to raise export income from leather and leather goods to $5 billion by 2021 with providing necessary policy support, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said on Monday.“The global market of leather and leather goods in worth $220 billion where Bangladesh’s share is...
Some 125 publicly-traded companies in the manufacturing and service sectors have expressed fears of heavy losses due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Among them, 116 companies are in the manufacturing sector, such as RMG, cement, ceramics, engineering, and tannery sector. The other nine are in the real estate and service sector. These companies are...
The government will continue to provide cash incentives to exporters of leather goods and shoes for the next five years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, report agencies. The Prime Minister said this Wednesday while addressing the Bangladesh Leather Footwear and Leathergoods International Sourcing Show (BLLISS) at...
Italian leathergoods association Assopellettieri (formerly known as Aimpes) has selected Franco Gabbrielli as its new president. He will serve a four-year term from 2019 to 2022.  His appointment will be confirmed at Assopellettieri’s general assembly at the end of June. He replaces Riccardo Braccialini, who during his...
The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has said the escalation of the trade tensions between the US and China will mean increased tariffs on some exports of raw material from the US to tanners in China. However, it said on May 14 that most US...