ANF wants to help, guide businessmen to compat narcotics smuggling

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has failed to address structural problems in the taxation system and tax-to-GDP ratio...

Dar calls upon provincial governments to check price hike

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Finance Mohammad Ishaq Dar, in his capacity of Chairman of National Price Monitoring Committee, has...

MCCI plays dynamic role in economic uplift of workers: Fareed Shaikh

MULTAN: The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has been playing a dynamic role in the economic development of...

MCCI plays dynamic role in economic development of workers: Fareed Shaikh

MULTAN: The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has been playing a dynamic role in the economic development of...

Vancouver Chamber names interim CEO

NEW YORK: John McDonagh, publisher of the Vancouver Business Journal, has been named interim CEO of the Greater Vancouver Chamber...

Vietnam’s pangasius exports drop further in final month

HANOI: Contrary to the earlier optimistic forecast, Vietnam’s pangasius exports have dropped further in the final months of 2015, causing...

Chinese import, export fall again in Nov

BEIJING: Chinese imports and exports both fell in November, official data showed Tuesday, the latest poor figures from the world’s...

Semen Indonesia to increase production capacity to 30mt in 2016

JAKARTA: State-owned cement producer PT Semen Indonesia has set a target to increase its production capacity to 30 million tons...

Trade between Poland, Kyrgyzstan amounts to $ 24.5m in 2015

WARSAW: The trade turnover between Poland and Kyrgyzstan since the beginning of the year amounted to $ 24.5 million. Ambassador...

Pakistani trade deficit shrinks 4.5% to $9.93b in July-Nov

KARACHI: Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank 4.5 percent to $9.936 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year...

Iraq exports 100m barrels of oil in Nov

BAGHDAD: The Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday, that Iraq has exported more than 100 million barrels of oil from southern...

Saudi Tadawul index slides 0.7% to 6,949 points

JEDDAH: Gulf markets stumbled on Thursday as investors cut their exposure while they await signs that oil prices have found...

Saudi Ministry of Commerce to curb import of poor quality products

RIYADH: Cheap imports and fake goods from East Asian countries now constitute a large portion of the products being sold...

Ukraine to stop importing gas in 10 years

KIEV: Ukraine will stop importing gas and will be able to export it in 10 years, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy...

S.Korea’s KOSPO seeks 80,000 tons coal

SEOUL: Korea Southern Power Co Ltd (KOSPO) is seeking 80,000 tonnes of steaming coal for loading in March via a...

South Korea’s export prices continue to fall in Nov

SEOUL: South Korea's export prices continued to slip at a fast rate in November largely due to a sharp cut...

Central Louisiana Chamber hosts Expo & Luncheon

ALEXANDRIA: Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce combined two of its biggest annual events into one Business Expo & Luncheon. It...

Taiwan Shipments of handsets down 17% in Q3 of 2015

TAIPEI: Shipments of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 2.26 million units in the third quarter of 2015, down 17%...

Nigerian Customs generates N1.2b revenue on rice import