SME Foundation helps leather businesses in Bangladesh's Hazaribagh

The economic condition of residents in Hazaribagh was quite poor after tanneries were removed and replaced with a leather goods market.

More than 400 shops, showrooms and factories have been set up in different places, including around Institute of Leather Engineering & Technology, Hazaribagh Bazar and the Dhanmondi 15 zone, the foundation said in a press release.

Various kinds of products, including wallets, shoes, bags and belts, are made in the cluster, whose traders are also exporting products to some Middle East countries, the United States and Italy, the foundation was quoted as saying by Bangladeshi media reports.

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