China’s tax revenue up 6.6% to $1.69tn in 2015
BEIJING: China collected 11.06 trillion yuan ($1.69 trillion) in taxes in 2015, up 6.6 percent year-on-year, new data showed on...
Chinese luxury shoppers increasingly turning online: KPMG
BEIJING: For Chinese, online shops are quickly evolving from simply a means to get a bargain to somewhere movers and...
Saudi Hollandi Bank posts 2.3% fall in Q4 net profit
DUBAI: Saudi Hollandi Bank posted a 2.3 percent fall in fourth-quarter net profit on Sunday due to higher staffing costs...
Australia to coast on the milky way to export boom
SYDNEY: The China Australia Free Trade Agreement, which took effect on Dec 20, promises to boost the dairy industry in...
Shipping tonnage drop 30% in 2015
WASHINGTON: A slumping steel industry led to declines in several key commodities across the Port of Toledo’s docks last year...
Zhubajie.com finds a creative way to make 7.5b yuan
BEIJING: When a Chinese restaurant owner in Silicon Valley needs a logo or a menu design, he or she will...
Russia’s Vnesheconombank sets to help Russian exporters to Iran
MOSCOW: Vnesheconombank, one of Russia’s biggest banks, is ready to look at possible cooperation with Iran to promote Russia’s exports,...
Albania’s fuel prices drop in domestic market
TIRANA: Albania's fuel retail prices in the domestic market slightly dropped by an average of 5 ALL (0.04 U.S. dollar)...
Thousands of counterfeit cigarettes seized in Peterborough
PETERBOROUGH: A large amount of counterfeit cigarettes and thousands of illicit cigarettes have been seized during a raid in Peterborough...
Indian police seize red sanders worth Rs 30 million
ANDHRA PRADESH: The Nimmanapalle police on Saturday arrested three persons while they were trying to dispose of red sanders logs...
Malaysian police bust syabu lab, nab 10 culprits
NILAI: Police successfully smashed a drug laboratory and arrested 10 people during a special raid in Mantin here this evening....
Jamica police seize 450 pounds of ganja worth J$ 2.3 million
ST ELIZABETH: Detectives assigned to the Narcotics Division Saturday evening seized a quantity of ganja on the Goshen main road...
China’s exports exceed expectations in last month of 2015
BEIJING: China's exports exceeded expectations in the last month of 2015, rising 2.3 percent from a year ago in yuan-denominated...
Drugs worth over 210.6 million kyat seized in Tachileik district
TACHILEIK DISTRICT: Drugs worth over 210.6 million kyat were seized near Namkai village, Maipasho village-tracts, Kyailak Township, Tachileik district. The...
Malaysia Customs targets 20,000 business registrations for GST
KUALA LUMPUR: The Customs Department is targeting registrations of more than 20,000 businesses for goods and services tax (GST) in...
Nepal Customs revenue collection has increased of late
KATHMANDU: Collection of customs revenue has been hard-hit due to the ongoing blockade organised by the agitating Madhes-based political parties...
Iron ore stockpiles at China’s ports to surge 100 mln tons
BEIJING: Iron ore stockpiles at China’s ports will probably surge above 100 million metric tons within weeks as low-cost supplies...
New customs system for private vehicle warehouses
KINGSTON: As of Monday, January 18, all private bonded warehouses for motor vehicles will be mandated by the Jamaica Customs...
Indian Customs department clears new ICD at Butibori
NAGPUR: Customs and central excise department has cleared a new inland container depot (ICD) at Butibori, which will boost export...
Cuba Customs seizes 104kg drugs in 2015
HAVANA: The General Customs of the Republic of Cuba seized 104.68 kilos of drugs in 46 cases of illicit traffic...
