Italy imports 757,200 tonnes pork in 2015
ROME: Italy imported 757,200 tonnes of pork from January to September 2015, a decrease of 1 per cent year on...
EU, USA consular visit to Dubai Customs to explore latest smart initiatives
DUBAI: The Air Customs Centres Management at Dubai Customs has received a high-level EU and USA consular envoy who came...
Qatar Airways launches Travel Festival promotion
DOHA: Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has launched its biggest promotion Travel Festival, the first...
Russia may shift auto part imports from Turkey to Serbia
MOSCOW: Moscow is looking for ways to transfer the manufacturing of spare auto parts for its major car producers from...
Taiwan tax revenues rises 7.2% to $62.97bn in 2015
TAIPEI: The nation collected NT$2.12 trillion (US$62.97 billion) in tax revenues last year, an increase of 7.2 percent from 2014,...
New Taipei City becomes top electricity saver
TAIPEI: New Taipei City was named Taiwan’s top electricity saver in a smart city energy campaign organized by the ROC...
Turkish Airlines signs contract with Visit Britain
ANKARA: Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines agreed a one-year marketing deal with the U.K.’s tourism agency VisitBritain on Jan....
Tests reveal some flaws in Google’s self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO: The world’s biggest search engine, Google, which is also producing self-driving vehicles, has revealed that its self-driving cars...
Sip tea, eat apples, onions to reduce heart disease risk
ISLAMABAD: The researchers have revealed that sipping tea and eating apple and onions can reduce risk of heart disease. They...
KPCCI lauds 7 proposed industrial zones in KP
PESHAWAR: The local business community Wednesday lauded the identification of seven industrial zones on western route of the China-Pakistan Economic...
Taiwan launches eVisa system
TAIPEI: The eVisa program will officially launch in Taiwan on January 12. Foreign visitors not in the visa waiver program...
FIA nabs two more human traffickers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two alleged human traffickers in separate raids. According to sources in FIA,...
Net income of top 15 holding firms grows 5%
TAIPEI: The nation’s 15 major financial holding companies saw a combined annual growth of 5 percent in net income for...
Israel’s polished diamond exports fall 20% in 2015
JERUSALEM: Israel’s polished diamond exports slumped 20 percent to $5 billion in 2015 because of a drop in demand in...
Jordan imported JD740m worth of used cars in 2015
AMMAN: Jordan imported used cars worth almost JD740 million in 2015, registering a 16.5 per cent increase over 2014, a...
Ukrainian wheat, barley exports higher in current season
KIEV: In the current season grain exports from Ukraine are higher than last one. Since the beginning of 2015/16 marketing...
Trade ministry issue license for imports of 198,000 cows
JAKARTA: The trade ministry has issued license for the imports of 198,000 feedlot cows in the first quarter of 2016....
PM urged to pass on impact of declining oil prices to textile industry
KARACHI: The textile industrialists have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to pass on the impact of falling oil prices...
DRI detects 1cr duty drawback fraud by Surat company
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad zonal unit of Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has detected Rs 1 crore duty drawback fraud by...
Russia may shift auto part imports from Turkey to Serbia
ANKARA: Moscow is looking for ways to transfer the manufacturing of spare auto parts for its major car producers from...
