Spain’s fruit, vegetable exports grow 2% in Nov
MADRID: Spain's fruit and vegetable exports grew 2 per cent in volume to 1.2m tonnes and 13 per cent in...
Saudi Arabia’s Al Rajhi Bank reports 28.2% rise in net profit
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank reported a 28.2 percent rise in its fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating analyst...
Kandahar Customs revenue rises by 2.2b afghanis
KANDAHAR CITY: Some residents and traders have criticised the performance of the transport and customs departments of southern Kandahar province,...
Russia’s alcohol imports fall by 22.3% in 2015
MOSCOW: Russia saw a record drop in alcohol imports in 2015 as a result of the weakening ruble and a...
Thai exports growth to likely reach 5% in 2016
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Commerce will cooperate with all sectors in penetrating important markets as part of its policy to...
France police seize 41kg cocaine worth $2.2m
PARIS: Police have seized 41 kilograms (90 pounds) of cocaine in a plane at a Paris airport and arrested six...
Hungary Economy Ministry publishes astonishing budget figures
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s National Economy Ministry has published details of the 2015 budget balance on Thursday, and underlined again that last...
South African ports contain capacity to handle corn imports
PRETORIA: Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail operator, says the local port system can handle all the...
Ireland police arrest two drug smugglers
COLERAINE: Two people have been arrested in connection with the production and smuggling of cocaine in Coleraine. A 30-year-old woman...
GWC’s full year net profit grows 32% to QR185m
DOHA: GWC, Qatar’s leading logistics provider, concluded the year 2015 with a strong and stable rate of growth of 32...
NBK net profit rises 7.8% to $929.7m in 2015
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reported net profits of KD 282.2 million ( $ 929.7 million) for the year...
S. Africa’s shale gas to boost business development
PRETORIA: South Africa’s shale gas has the potential to boost business development within communities, establish black industrialists, create employment and...
SL’s inflation slow down to 4.2% in Dec
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s national inflation measured by National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) in December 2015 slowed down to 4.2 percent...
Ceylon Cold Stores 3Q16 net profit up 106% to Rs.651mn
COLOMBO: Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS), one of the two fast-moving consumer goods arms of John Keells Holdings PLC, posted...
Zimbabwe’s imports down 13%
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s imports maintained a downward trend declining by 13 percent from $516 million to $449 million between October and...
Malaysia Customs seizes smuggled cigarettes worth RM800,000
KUALA TERENGGANU: State Customs Department enforcement officers seized 115 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth RM828,920 after a 45-minute chase with...
Drug dealers busted after high-speed chase
MALACCA: Two suspected drug dealers including a uniformed personnel were nabbed by police after a high-speed chase in Taman Bertam...
Indonesia issues permits to import 968,143 MT of raw sugar in Q1 of 2016
JAKARTA: Indonesia has issued permits to import 968,143 metric tons of raw sugar in the first quarter of 2016, a...
Germany imports 54 mln tons of hard coal in 2015
FRANKFURT: Germany imported 54 million tonnes of hard coal in 2015, 4 percent less than in the previous year, coal...
India DRI seizes gold bars worth over Rs 20 million
CHENNAI: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday seized 8.325 kg of gold bars worth Rs. 2.21...
