Abstract: A tanning composition containing:(a) aluminum chlorohydroxide(b) the product of condensation of dicyandiamide and formaldehyde;(c) basic chrome sulphate; and(d) polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid or a copolymer of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid;makes it possible, in the tanning treatments, of stably fixing high chrome levels in the animal hides, and of exhausting, to a substantially complete extent, the chrome contained in the tanning bath.