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Executive Summary
Leather Industry developed in Bangladesh on a large-scale basis from the 1970s. It is also known as Tannery Industry. About 95% of leather and leather products of Bangladesh are exported abroad, mostly in the form of crushed leather, finished leather, leather garments, and footwear. The first leather objects were primarily functional, but people soon learned the decorative potential of the material. The timeless appeal of leather lies in its luxurious texture, warm color, wholesome aroma, and exceptional durability. The world's love affair with fine leather continues to be influenced as much by its appeal as a status symbol as by its utilitarian value. Bangladesh Tannery industry is currently located in Hazarybug area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. The labor-intensive leather industry is well suited to Bangladesh having cheap and abundant labor. There are many entrepreneurs who come in the leather industry and invest their money. The entrepreneurs also get governments financial help and also different loan facilities from local banks. Bangladesh Leather Industry has all kind of infrastructural facilities like: Electricity, gas, water, road, telecom, e-mail etc. It has factory buildings available on rental basis and other business support services The rise in demand for leather from the local footwear manufactures might be around 20 per cent in recent period ending sluggishness in the local market. Bangladesh procures around 200 million square meters of leather per annum, of them the country's 52 shoe manufacturers consume around 60 million meters a year. The related and supporting industries of leather industries in Bangladesh are mainly leather garments industry, finished leather goods; such as leather bags, wallets, belts etc, and leather footwear industry. Bangladesh mainly export leather as raw material. Bangladesh mainly process the leather as raw material and then export it. So the tanning industries have the most contribution in the leather industry of Bangladesh. Leather footwear gained in importance in the overall manufacturing sector of Bangladesh during this period raising its share in manufacturing value added. Beside the two main industries of leather in Bangladesh there are some other products which have much contribution in the leather industry. These products are mainly leather handbags, carry bags, wallets, purses, belts, cases etc.
The strategy of Bangladesh leather industry is to make quality product, making our domestic market superior in the world market and exporting finished good to other countries to have good will of our country. There are more total 214 in Bangladesh and their main target is to lead in the domestic as well as world market. For this they are more focused on trade and development and also to export their products. The countrys tanneries and leather and leather goods makers are putting on warpaint to battle for more orders in the international markets. An analysis of the EPB data showed that the countrys leather product export earnings were forging ahead due to growing international demand for Bangladeshi leather products, mainly for quality and cheaper prices. But in terms of export earnings leather products lag far behind finished leather. The first tannery in Bangladesh territory was set up at Narayanganj by RP Saha. Some reputed markets from where leather are mainly processed of Bangladesh are Dhaka Leather, Apex Tannery, Lexco, Karim Leather, Samata Tannery and Bay Tannery. Bangladesh is blessed with the worlds best quality leather of cow and goat. With this abundant supply of raw material they have been able to attract customers and create export markets for footwear and leather goods to developed countries. The exporters of leather mainly export the raw leather from Bangladesh. Leather products are also exported by them to some extent. Among them leather footwear, garments and other leather products such as bags, wallets, belts, purses etc are important. Government of Bangladesh supports leather industry to make it more successful source of export earnings to our economy.The standard and quality of leather is very high and it is suitable for international market. The price is also less than other country. During the time of EID-ULAZHA the production of leather increases very high. On that time the supply of leather of also increases. All the export quality leather products are exported through waterway shipment so the packaging of those products is very important. It may be raw materials or may be leather goods but they are packaged too sensitively.
The government of Bangladesh provides a support to the leather industry through various steps, including monitoring the export market, evaluating the performance of the sector by a permanent parliamentary committee, and liberal bank credit.
Leather goods producers in Bangladesh tend to be associated only with manufacturing and exporting. They do not have much control over downstream operations. Leather footwear sector has two categories of exporters, those with bonded warehouses and those with no bonded warehouses. Leather production is based on the use of indigenous cowhides and goatskins. Two opportunities for increasing export value of the leather industry are: a) Increasing value addition of the exported products through exporting only finished leather and leather products; and B) importing raw hides or skins if necessary, and converting these to leather and leather products to utilize the production capacity as much as possible. we can realize that if we produce more finished leather goods we can generate our export.
Table of Contents
Introduction: ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Factor Endowments: ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Land and Labor:........................................................................................................................................ 9 Capital: .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Raw Materials: ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Technology: ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Infrastructure: .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Local Demand Condition: ............................................................................................................................ 11 Related and supporting industries: ............................................................................................................. 12 Leather tanning:....................................................................................................................................... 13 Leather footwear:..................................................................................................................................... 13 Other leather product: ............................................................................................................................. 14 Strategy and Structure: ............................................................................................................................... 14 Rivalry: ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Foreign Demand Condition: ........................................................................................................................ 16 Location of The Market:.............................................................................................................................. 16 Market Access Issues: ................................................................................................................................. 17 Major Exporters in the World Market: ....................................................................................................... 18 Strengths of The Present Exporters: ........................................................................................................... 19 Possibility of matching standard and price in international market: ......................................................... 20 Mode of Transportation: ............................................................................................................................ 20 Packaging: ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Preferential treatment in foreign market and local subsidy: ..................................................................... 21 Value Addition: ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Conclusion: .................................................................................................................................................. 29 Reference: ................................................................................................................................................... 30
Factor Endowments:
Land and Labor:
Bangladesh Tannery industry is currently located in Hazarybug area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. The labor-intensive leather industry is well suited to Bangladesh having cheap and abundant labor. A large pool of low cost but trainable labor force
together work in tannery. They are working day and night and making leather products, by exporting these products our country economy is taking a stable position in the world market.
Capital:
There are many entrepreneurs who come in the leather industry and invest their money. Leather making is capital-intensive, with labor costs in the region of 10 percent to 15 percent. (Zahur, Wednesday,2009,November 18). The entrepreneurs also get governments financial help and also different loan facilities from local banks. The leather industry with over Taka 1,600 crore annual export earnings is the countrys third biggest foreign exchange earner after the RMG and the frozen food sectors. Many investors would invest in the leather industry of Bangladesh if bank loans with low interest rate, uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity and good institutions to train workers were ensured, said an official of Bangladesh Finished Leather and Leather goods and Footwear Exporters Association (BFLLFEA).
Raw Materials:
The major raw materials are cowhides and goatskins. Though there has been some appreciable improvement in animal husbandry and butcher's techniques in Bangladesh in recent times it may take quite some time to reach the international standard. On the other hand, Bangladesh goatskins enjoy an excellent reputation for quality. The goatskins are usually pulled from the animal rather than flayed, thereby avoiding damage to the flesh side and the grain side is usually free from defects. (Zahur, Wednesday, 2004, January 21).
Technology:
Despite having a leather technology college, we do not get sufficient numbers of skilled workers for the sector due to the shortage of teachers. Bangladesh Leather
industry has lack of R & D facilities for this the environment is getting effected day by day. The tanning process in Hazarybug involves chrome tanning, vegetable tanning and combined chrome and vegetable tanning. Chrome tanning is used for light leather, and vegetable tanning for heavy leather for example: shoe soles, handbags, straps and belts. (S.M.I.Huq, Page no. 22,23). Various chemicals are used during soaking, tanning and post-tanning processes of hides and skins, some are made and some are imported from other countries. One of the market leaders for leather made shoes is BATA.
Infrastructure:
Bangladesh Leather Industry has all kind of infrastructural facilities like: Electricity, gas, water, road, telecom, e-mail etc. It has factory buildings available on rental basis and other business support services like: Courier (DHL, Fed EX), Banks, Police station, post office, shipping agent etc. And also administrative support services like: shopping center, green area etc.
Taiwanese shoe maker Pau-Chen has already built a plant in the Chittagong Export Processing Zone and Youngone Corporation is planning to set up a plant at a cost of US$ 110 million there. This plant is supposed to be one of the biggest shoe plants in the world.
However, local footwear manufacturers alleged that they had been facing shortage of quality leather in the domestic market. Bangladesh procures around 200 million square meters of leather per annum, of them the country's 52 shoe manufacturers consume around 60 million meters a year.
Bangladesh Leather Goods and Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh said the local shoe producers have consumed more than 75 million square feet over the past few years. However, local shoe manufacturers earned $169.77 million during July-May period of the last fiscal (2008). This is a 16.50 per cent higher than that of the previous financial year.
Export of leather dropped by 37.51 per cent to $163.51 million during the first eleven months of the just ended fiscal year (Haroon, July 25, 2009).
notwithstanding its small size, leather industry in Bangladesh seems to have undergone significant transformation during the past two decades from a low value addition tanning activity to a producer of leather footwear and leather goods along with high value added crust and finished leather.
Leather tanning:
Leather tanning contributed 31% of total value addition in leather industry. Bangladesh mainly export leather as raw material. Bangladesh mainly process the leather as raw material and then export it. So the tanning industries have the most contribution in the leather industry of Bangladesh. At present, there are about 170 tannery units in Bangladesh and they use locally available raw hides and skins. Of them 114 are large and medium units (by local standards) and are registered with the Directorate of Industries. Others are mostly of small and cottage type and are not on the register of the government. About 150 tannery units are located at Hazaribag of Dhaka in only 50 acres of land popularly known as tannery estate. According to the records of the Bangladesh Tanners Association, about 3,000 workers are employed in the tanning industry. Besides, there are about 100 qualified technologists including foreign nationals who are working in different tanneries. Total capital invested in the tannery industry is estimated at Tk 2.5 billion, of which government/bank finance is about Tk 1.2 billion. About 1,500 persons are involved in the process of collecting raw hides and skins and making them available at tannery units. About 100 organizations import chemicals for use in tannery industry.
Leather footwear:
Leather footwear contributed 66% of total value addition in leather industry. Between 1991-92 and 2001-02, value addition in leather and leather goods industry having 10 or more workers increased at an annual compound rate of 8.5%. During the same period, value addition in leather footwear industry in the
same size group increased at an annual rate of 15.4% raising the share of leather footwear in leather and leather goods output from 35.7% in 1991-92 to 66% in 2001-02. In fact, leather footwear gained in importance in the overall manufacturing sector of Bangladesh during this period raising its share in manufacturing value added (10 or more workers) from 1.4% in 1991-92 to 2% in 2001-02. Growth of leather footwear industry also contributed to growth of manufacturing employment. Thus, in the 10 or more workers size group employment in leather footwear experienced a yearly compound growth of nearly 6.6% during 1991-92 to 2001-02 (Leather Footwear Industry in Dhaka: A Case Study; Nazneen Ahmed, Zaid Bakht, June 2010)
around Dhaka city. There are more than 2000 shoe making units supplying the domestic market. Leather and leather products have the potential to make a major contribution to export earnings and to the economic development of the country. (Zahur, Wednesday, 2004, January 21).
Rivalry:
There are more total 214 in Bangladesh and their main target is to lead in the domestic as well as world market. For this they are more focused on trade and development and also to export their products. There are many exporters: Dhaka Hide & Skin Limited, APEX, Creative Leather Craft, Alliance Trading, Bengal Leather Complex Limited etc. Dhaka Hide & Skin Limited is one of the leading modern tanneries for finished leather in Bangladesh. The vision of the company is to contribute to the economy through more value addition to the products and proper utilization of human resources. Dhaka Hide & Skin has earned worldwide reputation for its consistent endeavor to produce quality products. Since inception the company is famous for its integrity, sincerity and commitment to serve the valued customers. In recognition of its worldwide reputation and business achievements the company was awarded 'National Export Trophy' several times. The Dhaka Hide & Skin Limited is specialized for high quality finished leather for shoe upper, leather goods and garments. The daily production capacity of the company is 50,000sft of cow and buffalo crust leather and 20,000sft finished leather. Major export market of the company are mainly Italy, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Spain, France, UK, Holland, Australia, Portugal, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Turkey, Uruguay, Korea, USA. (Export-Incentive Needs to be offered to Finished Leather, Post # 5, 2004, April 4). In spite of local competitors Bangladesh has foreign competitors also. The major foreign competitors in leather industry are: Italy, UK, USA, Germany, Pakistan, India. Italy is famous for its leather soles.
city, there is a concentration of small leather footwear making units (having 10-49 workers) in two areas known as Siddique Bazaar and Bongshal where nearly half of these small units are located. Others areas of concentration of small and medium leather footwear making units in and around Dhaka city include 3 Lalbag, Nazirabazar, Sitpatli, Bangladuar, Alu Bazar, Dakkhin Moishundi, Pagla and Nawabpur. (Leather Footwear Industry in Dhaka: A Case Study; Nazneen Ahmed, Zaid Bakht, June 2010). About 95% of leather and leather products of Bangladesh are marketed abroad. Most leather and leather goods go to Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Japan, China, Singapore and Taiwan.
Among the Government participation in trade and restrictive practices, customs and administrative entry procedures; customs valuation, formalities and the rules of origin are found to be the most significant issues towards market access for the leather and leather goods industry. Among the Technical Barriers to Trade; technical regulations, standards and certification arrangement problems are the major problem for the industry. Of the Specific Limitation barriers; labeling rules, packaging and marking requirements are the major problems towards market access.
The in-depth interview results show that the leather industry has been facing market access barriers of the four types listed before. Of the Type I barriers; customs and administrative Shipping related problems (known as barriers related to formalities) had been identified as significant issue regarding market access. Lack of adequate knowledge and appropriate training regarding use of shipping marks and putting hazardous materials shipping labels creates misunderstanding with the respective authorities of the importing countries which hampers smooth market access drastically and sometimes rejection of consignments. Another major problem is regarding inspection certification (known as barriers related to formalities). The most important impediment is in terms of the environmental friendly chemical usage (e.g. preservative chemical) certification (known as barrier related to certification arrangement). According to one of the prominent leather industry operators of Bangladesh, the leather product has to be AZO free certified on health grounds due to its risk of cancer hazard (strictly prohibited in Germany; one of the major importers in EU). (Dr. A.K. Enamul HAQUE , Azreen KARIM, Wahid ABDALLAH; Market Access Issues: EU-Bangladesh Trade Regime A Case Study on Market Access - Myths and Realities)
M/s. People's Fashion's Group, Rafiq Leather Export, Glorina Leather export Company, Poyran Leather Complex, Imex International, Lia Leather Corporation, Beta Bangladesh Ltd., Westyle Bd., V. L. Enterprise, Gulfeshan Enterprise, Fashion Mode L.l.c, Baye of Fashion House, Mikon Trading, Tex Way Export, All Right Leather Group are the major leather and leather goods manufacturers and exporters of Bangladesh. They manufacture finished leathers, leather bags, belt, shoes, clothes etc. and export them in various countries of the world.
Mode of Transportation:
The only way to transport leather and leather goods in the world market is ship. Sea way is mainly used to export finished leather and leather goods from Bangladesh to USA, EU and Japan. So, shipping is the only way to transport leather. Shipping is a discipline in and of itself. When it comes to leather goods, proper caution must be taken, whether in the transport of raw leather materials or finished goods.
Packaging:
All the export quality leather products are exported through waterway shipment so the packaging of those products is very important. It may be raw materials or may be leather goods but they are packaged too sensitively. Bangladesh mostly exports raw materials and import finished goods but in both case the efficiency in packaging is must. The transportation way of exporting and importing leather products is waterway, so the packaging must be in such a way that any type of accident cant effect the shipment. Bangladeshi producers, exporters and importers are aware of these facts which give them a good trade experience
Leather goods producers in Bangladesh tend to be associated only with manufacturing and
exporting. They do not have much control over downstream operations. However, the success of a number of Bangladeshi firms in attracting such brand names as Puma, Pivolinos and Hugo Boss to source from this country proves that there is ample scope for the industry's upward mobility. The government is also providing incentives and supports to various sectors and urged the entrepreneurs and businessmen to cope with the demand of the international market and buyers, bring more international buyers in Bangladesh and enhance exports. In the leather processing industries there are three categories of producers, large industries, small/medium size industries and commercial exporters. The large industries with bonded warehouses pay no import duties or VAT. They are not eligible for duty draw-back and have to operate on a virtual 100 per cent export basis. There are 6-7 large producers, estimated to be 60 per cent of the total country leather output. Small/medium size industries pay import duties or VAT on chemical and other items at differing rates. These industries take duty draw-back at prefixed rates after each consignment of export is executed. Commercial exporters are engaged in the export of crust and finished leather purely on a job-work basis. All their production inputs are from local suppliers. They also claim duty draw-back. Leather footwear sector has two categories of exporters, those with bonded warehouses and those with no bonded warehouses. Those with bonded warehouses do not pay import duties or VAT. They are not eligible for duty draw-back but receive a cash incentive of 15 per cent on the export (FOB) value of their products. Only 6-7 producers are responsible for 40 per cent of footwear exports. The exporters without bonded warehouse pay all import duties and VAT on duty paid values. They are eligible for duty draw-back and receive 15 per cent cash incentive on the export (FOB) values (Bangladeshobserveronline.com).
Value Addition:
Leather Industry developed in Bangladesh on a large-scale basis from the 1970s. About 95% of leather and leather products of Bangladesh are marketed abroad, mostly in the form of crushed leather, finished leather, leather garments, and footwear. Most leather and leather goods go to Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Japan, China, Singapore and Taiwan. Value addition in these exports averages 85% local and 15% foreign. About 100 modern tannery units are now in operation in the industry. These are located mostly in the Hazaribagh area of dhaka city. In 1998, the sector exported 178 million sq ft of leather and earned $160 million. The country's share in the world leather market is 2%. The export of finished products such as shoes, slippers, leather jackets, hand gloves, bags, purses, wallets, and belts also earn a sizeable amount of foreign exchange. Bangladesh intends to increase its range of leather products to penetrate new market segments. The leather industry in Bangladesh is well established and is an important foreign exchange earner. Leather production is based on the use of indigenous cowhides and goatskins. Two opportunities for increasing export value of the leather industry are: a) Increasing value addition of the exported products through exporting only finished leather and leather products; and B) importing raw hides or skins if necessary, and converting these to leather and leather products to utilize the production capacity as much as possible.
Unit : US Dollar thousand Code Product label Exporte d value in 2005 9,331,58 3 102,209 17,613 Exported value in 2006 11,696,70 0 112,469 16,822 Exported value in 2007 13,142,95 3 147,887 19,084 Exported value in 2008 16,750,70 2 215,782 112,798 Exported value in 2009 16,832,79 6 245,618 112,107
TOTAL
All products Leather Footwear, outer soles of rubber/plastics uppers of leather, nes Footwear,outer soles of rubber/plast uppers of leather covg ankle nes Footwear o/t sports,w outer soles of rubber/plastics&upp ers of tex mat Footwear, outer soles/uppers of rubber or plastics, nes Footwear,outer soles/uppers of rubber or plastics,coverg the
'640399
'640391
1,387
663
1,322
31,225
44,780
'640419
4,206
5,702
8,905
20,024
33,350
'640299
734
1,963
10,213
10,408
8,554
'640291
5,476
5,760
347
574
7,132
'640411
'420500
'420292
'420221 '640610
'420291
'640359
'420231
'420222
'420211
'420310
ankle,nes Sports footwear w outer soles of rubber o plastics&uppers of tex mat Articles of leather or of composition leather, nes Containers,with outer surface of sheeting of plas or tex materials,nes Handbags with outer surface of leather Uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners Containers, with outer surface of leather, nes Footwear, outer soles and uppers of leather, nes Articles carried in pocket or handbag, with outer surface of leather Parts of footwear nes Bovine skin leather, whole Footwear with uppers of textile materials, nes Handbags w outer surface of sheetg of plastics o of textile materials Trunks,suit-cases & similar containers with outer surface of leather Articles of apparel
116
142
873
6,277
6,882
566
333
111
417
4,455
11
75
4,680
3,831
2,003 1,100
1,829 278
1,268 46
3,455 2,298
3,607 2,927
13
2,261
2,759
28
105
3,877
2,664
64
11
27
1,519
1,830
923 0 3,946
786 0 3,714
899 0 3,276
269
190
371
1,181
918
150
137
3,695
566
702
54
90
1,102
680
'640510
'640590 '640351
'640420
'640320
'640340
'420100
'640319
'420212
'640220
'420299 '420330
of leather or of composition leather Footwear with uppers of leather or composition leather, nes Footwear, nes Footwear, outer soles and uppers of leather, covering the ankle, nes Footwear with outer soles of leather and uppers of textile materials Footwear,outr sole/uppr of leathr,strap across the instep/arnd big toe Footwear,outr sole of rber/plas/leathr,uppe rs of leathr w/met toe-cap Saddlery and harness for any animal, of any material Sports footwear,o/t ski,outr sole of rbr/plas/leather&upp er of leather Trunks,suitcases&sim container w/outer surface of plastics/textiles Footwear of rubber or plastics,upper straps assembled to sole by plugs Containers, nes Belts and bandoliers
5,358
3,606
3,466
193
665
3,374 424
4,171 75
5,265 156
118 1,738
476 438
1,315
1,797
4,208
138
393
13,222
16,052
20,849
358
372
245
240
352
310
318
427
13
328
290
28,692
34,814
47,626
585
285
12
19
539
263
57
677
137
99
7 157
86 17
24 81
105 112
93 85
'410390 '420239
'640192
'420340
'640312
'420321
'410210
'410221
'410229
'410310 '420400
'640110
'640191
of leather or of composition leather Raw hides and skins of animals, nes Articles carried in pocket or handbag, nes Waterproof footwear,outr sole/upper of rbr/plas,covg ankle nt knee nes Clothing accessories nes, of leather or of composition leather Ski-boots, snowboard boots, uppers of leather Gloves,mittens & mitts,for sports,of leather or of composition leather Sheep or lamb skins, raw, with wool on, nes Sheep or lamb skins, pickled, without wool on Sheep or lamb skins, raw, o/t pickled, without wool on Goat or kid hides and skins, raw, nes Articles of leather or of composition leather, for technical uses Waterproof footwear,outer soles&uppers of rubber/plastic,metal toe-cap Waterproof
369 3
263 0
350 0
255 11
82 65
43
27
246
17
36
201
64
216
202
155
19
43
23
31 0
214 0
0 0
46
30
55
126
'640199
'640212
'640230
'640330
'640691 '420329
'420219
'640219
'420232
'420229
'640620
footwear,outer sole/upper of rubber/plastic,cover g knee,nes Waterproof footwear, outer soles/uppers of rubber or plastics, nes Ski-boots, snowboard boots, all rubber/plastic Footwear,outer soles/uppers of rubber/plastics,with metal toe-cap,nes Footwear,wooden,o uter soles of rubber/ plas/leather&uppers of leather Parts of footwear of wood Gloves mittens&mitts,o/t for sport,of leather o of composition leather Trunks, suit-cases and similar containers, nes Sports footwear, outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, nes Articles carrid in pocket/handbag,w/o uter surface sheetg of plas/tex Handbags, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard Outer soles and heels, of rubber or
129
27
104
116
22
136
151
148
0 101
9 127
195
140
97
64
139
793
409
25
1,186
116
118
107
2,430
3,673
3,520
120
106
6,217
7,045
9,542
48
101
plastics
From the above table we can realize that if we produce more finished leather goods we can generate our export.
Conclusion:
Government of Bangladesh supports leather industry to make it more successful source of export earnings to our economy.The standard and quality of leather is very high and it is suitable for international market. The price is also less than other country. During the time of EID-ULAZHA the production of leather increases very high. On that time the supply of leather of also increases. Bangladesh is blessed with the worlds best quality leather of cow and goat. With this abundant supply of raw material they have been able to attract customers and create export markets for footwear and leather goods to developed countries. The exporters of leather mainly export the raw leather from Bangladesh. Leather products are also exported by them to some extent. Among them leather footwear, garments and other leather products such as bags, wallets, belts, purses etc are important. The strategy of Bangladesh leather industry is to make quality product, making our domestic market superior in the world market and exporting finished good to other countries to have good will of our country. we can realize that if we produce more finished leather goods we can generate our export. The world's love affair with fine leather continues to be influenced as much by its appeal as a status symbol as by its utilitarian value.
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