The tanners will start buying salted rawhides of sacrificial animals from Thursday. Shahin Ahmed, president of the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA), said 154 tanneries in the country will buy salted rawhides at the price fixed by the government all over the country. He said this at a press conference at the VIP lounge of Dhanmondi Club in the capital on Wednesday. Read: Steps taken to prevent rawhide smuggling in border areas: Industries Secy Tanners and leaders of the organization also present at the press conference. Shahin told reporters at the press conference that some 3.5 lakh pieces of rawhide have been collected by the tanners in the last three days. He hoped to collect 95 lakh pieces of rawhide of cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep. The BTA president said that chemicals are required for processing rawhides. Tanners collect chemicals under supervised bond facility. “For the interest of the tannery industry, it is necessary to maintain supervised bonds and increase the scope of its benefits. BTA has already applied to the National Board of Revenue to increase this facility,” he said.