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Savar leather industrial park likely to come under BEPZA management

10/11/2025
A government committee is set to recommend transferring the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate from the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) to the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), aiming to restore environmental compliance and strengthen export competitiveness.

Led by Major General (Retd) Md Nazrul Islam, the panel will submit its roadmap covering regulatory, operational, legal, and financial frameworks to the Ministry of Industries within a month. BEPZA’s experience in managing central effluent treatment plants is expected to address longstanding waste management issues that have hindered Leather Working Group certification for many tanneries.

Bangladesh’s leather exports reached $1.15 billion in FY25, and industry sources believe improved environmental standards and policy coordination could help the sector achieve $5 billion annually by 2030.

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