Pilot smuggled cash, jewelry through customs, feds say
NEW YORK: But for a broken screening device, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might not have been able to...
Former councilor appointed Philippines Customs collector
CEBU: A FORMER Cebu City councilor has been appointed as the new Port of Cebu district collector of the Bureau...
China crude oil imports up 8.8% to 334m tonnes in 2015
BEIJING: China's crude oil imports in 2015 rose 8.8 percent to 334 million tonnes (6.68 million barrels per day), the...
Irish GDP forecast to grow nearly 7% in 2015
DUBLIN: Despite weaker global economic growth, Irish gross domestic product (GDP) has been forecast to grow nearly 7 percent in...
Banque de France keeps quarterly growth forecast unchanged at 0.3%
PARIS: France's central bank, Banque de France (BdF), on Tuesday held the growth estimate of 0.3 percent unchanged for the...
Singapore Customs app helps quicken GST payment, declaration process
SINGAPORE: A new app will allow travellers to pay duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) for their overseas purchases...
Cambodia collects nearly $35m taxes from casinos in 2015
PHNOM PENH: Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of 34.7 million U.S. dollars in taxes was taken in from...
Customs failed to seize satellite phone: probe
RIYADH: A police probe into the seizure of a satellite phone from a Saudi national at the Cochin International airport...
Bangladesh receives $7.48bn remittances in 1st half of FY 2015-16
DHAKA: Bangladesh in the first half of the current fiscal year 2015-16 ending in June received 7.48 billion U.S. dollars...
Thai gov’t opts for direct purchase of 100,000-ton rubber from planters
BANGKOK: The Thai government decided here the other day to place direct purchase of 100,000 tons of rubber from planters...
China trade faces difficulties in 2016 due to weak external demand: Customs data
BEIJING: China's trade faces many challenges in 2016 due to weak external demand, customs spokesman Huang Songping said at a...
Dubai Customs counts down to first Customs Week to coincide with Int’l Customs Day
DUBAI:The first Dubai Customs Week is scheduled to set off on January 24 till 28, under the motto ‘Dubai Customs....
China’s trade surplus rises 56.7% to $562bn in 2015
BEIJING: China's foreign trade surplus widened to 3.69 trillion yuan (US$562 billion) in 2015, an increase of 56.7 percent from...
China’s Dalian Wanda acquires Legendary for $3.5b in biggest Chinese overseas deal
BEIJING: Dalian Wanda Group Co Ltd (Wanda Group) today announced that it has acquired US Legendary Entertainment for no more...
Volkswagen auto sales fall 4.6% in China in 2015
BERLIN: Volkswagen posted slightly weaker auto sales in China in 2015 compared with a year earlier, but demand for its...
China’s Hongqiao raising $490m via rights
BEIJING: China Hongqiao Group Ltd, the world's biggest maker of aluminum, will raise nearly half a billion dollars from a...
FBR may further extend last date for filing returns
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to extend last date for filing of income tax returns mainly due...
China sees total export, import volume drop 7% in 2015
BEIJING: China's export in 2015 was 14.14 trillion yuan ($2.15 trillion), down 1.8 percent from the end of 2014, the...
NDRC approves $27b projects in first 10 days of new year
BEIJING: Top economic planner has approved over 180 billion yuan ($27.38 billion) of investment projects during the first 10 days...
China loosens capital control for financial leasing firms at Tianjin FTZ
TIANJIN: China has granted more freedom in cross-border capital use for financial leasing firms in the free trade zone in...
