Tanneries close in Pakistan as raw material supplies fail

03/08/2011

A lack of raw materials has forced small and medium-sized tanneries across Pakistan to cease production, the Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) has claimed. PTA chairman, Khurshid Alam, called on the government to make a temporary ban on exports of live animals and of wet blue permanent. Industry sources say 20,000 live animals are being smuggled ...