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The speakers at a seminar Thursday said cluster-based specialised product development will accelerate the pace of product diversification and enhance the capacity of small entrepreneurs.
A cluster of luxury and quality leather products has been developed in Hazaribagh of the capital after the relocation of the heavy leather industry to Savar, they added. “The annual turnover in this cluster is about Tk60 crore.”
They were speaking at a seminar on the potential and future of leather products in the Hazaribagh cluster in the capital’s Agargaon.
Abdul Hamid, director general of the Department of Environment, and SME Foundation Chair Md Masudur Rahman spoke at the event.
The SME Foundation is supporting product upgrades, diversification, and skill development in the cluster.
According to the SME Foundation’s cluster mapping study, various products, including leather shoes, belts, wallets, jackets, and official bags are produced in the leather cluster, developed in the old tannery village in Hazaribagh of the capital.
There are around 350-400 shops, showrooms, and small factories of leather goods in the area, from Hazaribagh Tannery Lane to Leather Technology College, Hazaribagh Bazar, and Dhanmondi 15 Bus Stand Lane.
(UNB)
