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6 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 2013
World Leather BusinessWeek
performance, low carbon leather include
British Airways, Hilton Hotels, Morgan Cars,
Vertu and Virgin.
Russia lifts 27-year ban on
British meat subproducts
R
ussia's Federal Service for Veterinary
and
Phytosanitary
Supervision
(Rosselkhoznadzor) has cancelled a 27-year
ban on importing beef and lamb
subproducts from the UK.
They were banned in 1986 due to the
discovery
of
bovine
spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.
The product safety watchdog said the
decision was the outcome of talks between
senior Russian and British inspectors Yeveny
Nepoklonov and Nigel Gibbens during which
the UK offered guarantees on slaughter
practices.
Russia's ban on importing British meat
because of BSE was lifted last November.
ASIA
Pakistan Tanners Association
elects new chairman
D
uring elections held on September 30,
members of the Pakistan Tanners
Association elected Shaikh Saqib Saeed
Masood of Khas Industries, Karachi, as
chairman while Muhammad Usman of
Multan Enterprises was chosen as senior vice-
chairman for 2013-2014.
Fawad Jawed of Din Leather in Karachi was
elected vice-chairman by the central
executive committee.
The 13 members of the central executive
committee for 2013-2014 are: Agha Saiddain,
Royal Leather Industries, Lahore; Anjum
Zafar, Eastern Leather, Lahore; Azam Malik,
Leathertex Gloving, Lahore; Danish Nasim,
Aslam Commission House, Karachi; Fawwad
Shafi, Shafi Lifestyle, Lahore; M Danish Khan,
Highway Creation, Karachi; M Khurshid
Ahmed, Blooming Leather, Karachi; Mansoor
Iqbal, Dada Enterprises, Lahore; Naveed
Ahmed, Pioneer International, Karachi; Shakil
Ahmed, Universal Leather, Karachi; Ahmed
Zulfiqar Hayat, Leather Town, Sialkot; Afzal
Hussain, Hussain Leather Craft, Karachi; and
Azmat Saleem, Leather Coordinators,
Sahiwa.
Ambitious target for Bangladesh
leather sector
A
ccording to the Bangladesh Tanners
Association (BTA), the country’s tanners
will aim to collect 130 million square-feet of
raw hide during Eid al-Adha on October 14-
15. This is a significant rise compared with
last year’s collection of 100 million square-
feet.
Chairman Shaheen Ahmed claims that a
rise in production costs in India and China
have made Bangladeshi leather more
competitive to overseas companies. He
believes the upcoming festival will provide a
great opportunity for local tanners to source
material.
“The government provided TK3.65 billion
[$46.8 million] for the hide traders last year,
but we want more this year to meet
increased demand,” he told the
Dhaka
Tribune
.
The government target for the leather and
leathergoods sector this year is $670 million
collectively ($460 million for leather and
$210 million for leathergoods).
Export earnings totalled $561 million in
2012, up 23% year-on-year, according to the
Export Promotion Bureau. Leather exports
accounted for $399.7 million of this sum,
with leathergoods exports totalling $161.6
million.
The main export destinations for
leathergoods were Belgium, Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain,
the UK and the US.
Saudi Arabia imports livestock
for Eid
S
audi Arabia will import more than two
million live animals to meet demand
and to keep prices stable during Islamic
festival Eid al-Adha, also known as Feast of
the Sacrifice. The festival will fall between
October 14 and October 15 this year.
As well as providing animals for the
festival, the imports will also offer local
tanners a large volume of additional raw
material for the production of finished
leather and leathergoods.
Suleiman Al-Jabri, chairman of the
Livestock Committee at the Jeddah Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), revealed
that livestock from Somalia and Sudan
started to arrive at the Jeddah Islamic Port in
early September and that approximately
600,000 animals had already been shipped.
“The local ministry facilitated import
procedures, opened new areas for import
and provided all kinds of support,” he