The Sialkot Tanneries Zone - a new industrial park for tanneries operating in and around Sialkot – is to be part financed by the Punjab government of Pakistan, according to local sources. The cost of the proposed 300-acre site has been estimated at $2 million. The project involves the relocation of some 248 tanneries of different sizes that currently operate in the area. There are nine large tanneries, 79 medium and 160 small-scale.

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