China’s marine output up 7% in 2015
BEIJING: China's marine economy generated 6.47 trillion yuan ($989.3 billion) in 2015, 7 percent more than in 2014, government data...
China’s consumer goods industry to grow by $200 billion
BEIJING: China's consumer goods and services industry will grow by $200 billion by 2020, accounting for about 60 percent of...
Macao’s GDP contracts 20.3% in 2015
MACAO: Due to the continued decline in exports of services, Macao's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank by 20.3 percent in...
Unemployment rate in France lowered to 10% in Q4
PARIS: Jobless rate in France inched down by 0.1 percentage point to 10 percent during the last quarter of 2015...
Chinese firm buys German waste-to-energy company
BERLIN: An investment group controlled by the Beijing municipal government has bought Germany's largest waste management company, EEW, for 1.4...
Iran says oil exports still constrains post-sanctions
TEHRAN: Iran still faces constraints on oil exports as buyers are cautious about boosting trade immediately because of banking and...
Russian polymers importers face issues with customs clearance
MOSCOW: Russian polymers importers faced problems with customs clearance at the end of February because of tighter controls on the...
Philippines Customs seizes US contraband in Mindanao terminal
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announced on Thursday the seizure of a container van from the United States of...
HK Customs seizes cannabies worth HK$186,000
HONG KONG: The day before yesterday, Customs arrested a 20-year-old in Kowloon City after they intercepted him and found about...
Thai Oil says new LAB, power plants to boost 2016 margins
BANGKOK: Thai Oil Pcl, Thailand's top oil refiner, said on Thursday it had started operations at the country's first linear...
£300,000 of cannabis seized in Newtownabbey
BELFAST: Police have seized an estimated £300,000 worth of herbal cannabis in Newtownabbey. The drugs were found during a search...
EU efforts to combat people smuggling ‘pushing traffickers to use weaker boats’
BRUSSELS: The EU’s naval mission to combat migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean has driven traffickers to increasingly use cheaper, smaller,...
CBP field operations at Hidalgo seizes over 200 pounds of marijuana
HIDALGO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted a load of...
Japanese iron ore imports fall in Jan
TOKYO: The trade statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MoF) for the month of January this year indicates...
Irish milk imports increases 50% in 5 years
WASHINGTON: The volumes of milk moving across the border has increased massively in recent years with milk imports from Northern...
USA Customs seizes hard drugs worth $168k
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of San Luis arrested two individuals for separate attempts to smuggle...
US Customs seizes marijuana worth $123,000
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Douglas (Raul Hector Castro POE) arrested a Mexican national for...
Starbucks to open first shop in South Africa next month
JOHANNESBURG: Starbucks will open its first store in South Africa next month in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Rosebank, the...
US Customs nabs woman with 61 pounds of marijuana
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Tucson woman for an alleged attempt to smuggle nearly 61 pounds of...
Wives of Russian governors, lawmakers top Forbes rich list
MOSCOW: The wives of two Russian regional governors and a State Duma lawmaker have topped the list of the richest...
