Indonesian tax on feeder cattle hits live export game
JAKARTA: News that Australian feeder cattle exports headed for Indonesia are to immediately incur an additional ten per cent tax...
Bahrain Petroleum product exports hit record high
MANAMA: Bahrain Petroleum (Bapco) has said its product exports for last year were 92.4 million barrels, the highest since 2010....
Denmark breaks its own world record in wind energy
COPENHAGEN: Danish wind turbines set a new world record in 2015. Wind power is now counted for 42.1% of the...
Spain horticultural exports up in 2015
MADRID: Spanish fruit and vegetable exports up to October 2015 increased by 7% in volume and by 14% in value...
Hungary’s trade surplus reaches €673 mln in November
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s exports were up by a year-on-year 6.5% and imports by a year-on-year 7.7% in November, in euro terms,...
German industry expects steep rise in exports to Iran
BERLIN: German industry expects a steep rise in exports to Iran following the lifting of international sanctions, and Economy Minister...
India allows apple imports from Afghanistan via Wagah
KABUL: The problem of exporting apples to India through Wagah border has been resolved, with thousands of tonnes of the...
Iraq bans poultry imports from 24 countries over avian flu threat
BAGHDAD: Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including...
Fuel prices dive to 13-year low
TAIPEI: State-run oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan yesterday said that it would cut gasoline and diesel prices by NT$1.1 per...
Barwa signs $157.1m Islamic loan
DOHA: Qatar's Barwa Real Estate has signed a $157.1 million sharia-compliant five-year loan, the developer said on Sunday. Barwa said...
Kuwait Coastguards foil attempt to smuggle 23 falcons
KUWAIT: Coastguards foiled an attempt to smuggle 23 falcons on a boat arriving from Iran, said security sources, noting that...
VAMC to buy $4.9 bln of debts
HANOI: The Viet Nam Asset Management Company has planned this year to buy more than VND111 trillion (US$4.9 billion) of...
Thailand’s private sector sees 3% growth in exports
BANGKOK: The private sector now accepts that Thailand’s overseas shipments could expand by as much as 3 per cent this...
Kuwait police nab couple for smuggling liquor
KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives arrested a citizen and an Asian woman for smuggling liquor, said security sources. Case papers indicate that...
Thailand to apply new rice plan next month
BANGKOK: Thailand has invited the country’s private and farming sectors to join the government to develop a new rice plan...
Shares in S. African retailer Mr Price Group fall 18%
CAPE TOWN: Shares in South African retailer Mr Price Group tumbled nearly 18 percent on Friday, their biggest one-day drop...
PSX plunges by 1,216pts in early trading
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) plunged 1,216 points shortly after the start of the first trading session of the...
South Africa may need to import maize
PRETORIA: With the drought affecting the country's agricultural output, South Africa might need to import between five and six million...
Sri Lanka govt pursuing export credit insurance, not Exim bank: Eran
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government will not rush into setting up an Export-Import Bank as proposed in the budget but is...
PRA chief pledges to resolve Sialkot traders’ issues
SIALKOT: Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) Chairman Dr. Raheel Ahmed Siddiqui has assured that all out sincere efforts would be made...
