The government has announced the prices of different types of rawhides from animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed announced the decision after a meeting with leather traders at the Secretariat today.

As per as the decision, tanners would buy per square feet salted cowhide and buffalo rawhide at Tk 45-50 in Dhaka and at Tk 35-40 for outside capital.

The price of salted skin of castrated goats across the country has been fixed at Tk 18-20 per square feet while price of salted skin un-castrated goat has been fixed at Tk 13-15.