Agri experts ask farmers to start sunflower cultivation
FAISALABAD: The experts of Punjab Agriculture Department have asked the farmers to start sunflower cultivation from January 1 to get...
Dubai non-oil trade worth Dh966b Jan-Sep 2015
DUBAI: Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade reached Dh966 billion during the first nine months of 2015, compared to Dh988 over the...
Waiting halls of 16 railways stations to be upgraded
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has announced to upgrade waiting halls of 16 major stations by equipping them with facilities like air-conditioners,...
Iranian non-oil exports hit $32b in 9 months
TEHRAN: Iran exported more than $32 billion worth of non-oil goods during the first nine months of the current Iranian...
Garment exports of Vietnam likely to increase 8% in 2016
HANOI: Garment exports of Vietnam are likely to increase by 8 per cent to reach $29.5 billion to $30 billion...
70 agreements awarded to expedite exploration activities: Ministry
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has awarded 70 Supplemental Agreements (SAs) for conversion to Petroleum Concessions Agreements...
Ecnec okays proposal to buy 585 wagons, 20 bogies with Rs5.8b
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, approved the proposal...
Russia keen to increase gas exports with Azerbaijan
MOSCOW: Russia’s state-run natural gas company, Gazprom, and Azerbaijan’s state-controlled oil and gas firm, SOCAR, are in talks to increase...
Russia’s Tenex sees $500m rise in export revenue
MOSCOW: Russia's Techsnabexport (Tenex) has said that it expects the value of its exports this year to outstrip that of...
Iran’s crude oil export to Japan increase 3% in Nov
TEHRAN: According to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the country imported 177,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude...
Russia, Armenia sign bilateral economic agreement
MOSCOW: The Armenian government on Thursday approved a set of amendments to an agreement it signed with Russia on December...
PM launches National Health Programme to facilitate 1.2m families
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to make Pakistan a real welfare state, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday launched an ambitious “PM’s...
Fiji Bureau of Statistics highlights drop in imports
WELLINGTON: The Fiji Bureau of Statistics has highlighted decreases in figures from some of Fiji's major sources of imports. Figures...
Shipping intel report of Karachi Port
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) issued the following shipping report for the last 24 hours, ending 0700 hours on...
Russian grain exports drop 5% this year
MOSCOW: Russia’s grain exports through Dec. 23 totaled 19.43 million tonnes, a drop of 5% from a year earlier, according...
KPT shipping movement report
KARACHI: Following were the movement of ships at Karachi Port during the last 24 hours, ending at 0700 hours on...
Ukraine govt to decide restriction of trade with Russia
MOSCOW: Ukraine’s government will adopt 2 decrees related to "mirror-image actions" regarding trade with Russia at its meeting on Wednesday,...
Gold, tobacco top smuggled items list: Customs report
NEW DELHI: The Customs Preventive Commissionerate (CPC), Vijayawada, has in its recent report on smuggling trends in Andhra Pradesh found...
Chinese stocks mostly lower on last day of 2015
BEIJING: Chinese stocks were mostly lower on the last day of 2015 in thin trading with some of Asia's biggest...
Taiwan iron ore imports declines 6% in 2015
TAIPEI: The trade statistics released by the Taiwan’s Directorate General of Customs for the month of October 2015 indicates sharp...
