3,600 businesses: Dutch organic food exports rise 11% in 2014 to €928m
AMSTERDAM: Dutch organic food exports rose 11% last year to €928m, according to junior economic affairs minister Sharon Dijksma. In...
Turkey’s current account deficit declines to $45.84 billion in 2014
ANKARA: Turkey’s current account deficit lowered to $45.84 billion, declining by $18.82 billion from 2013, data from the Central Bank showed....
Ireland customs seizes €4.9m drugs in west Dublin industrial estate
DUBLIN: Ireland customs seized estimated value of €4.9 million drugs in a west Dublin industrial estate. Gardaí at Clondalkin carried...
Ireland customs seizes 116 puppies in Dublin port
DUBLIN: 1,000 people have offered loving homes to the 116 puppies found crammed into two vans at Dublin Port. They...
Oman, Italy exploring possible opportunities in special economic zones
ROME: Trade relations between Italy and Oman are growing and Italy’s integrated, highly qualified and much-praised presence has more than...
Norwegian seafood exports touch record high of NOK7.6b
OSLO: Norwegian seafood exports totalled NOK 7.6 billion, an increase of NOK 393 million, or 5 per cent, compared with...
Falling Krone: Norwegian companies enjoying higher exports revenue
OSLO: Norwegian companies are celebrating higher export revenues as a result of a weaker Krone. Merchandise from the Norwegian producer...
Norway energy provider Statoil announces earnings of NOK 30b in 2014
OSLO: Norwegian energy provider Statoil reports that for the full year 2014, adjusted earnings were NOK 136.1 billion compared to...
€13/tonne levy: Tax on residual waste in Netherlands to increase import of refuse-derived fuel
AMSTERDAM: Tax on residual waste in the Netherlands could increase the country’s import of refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a leading Dutch...
Germany exports 3.4% in Dec, imports dip 0.8%
BERLIN: Germany exports trade surplus for Europe’s biggest economy is now at its highest on record. In 2014, Germany exported...
Belgium gives $15b to fund exports of coal-fired power plant, coal mining technology
BRUSSELS: Belgium provided nearly $15 billion over a decade from 2003 to 2013 to fund exports of coal-fired power plant...
Quota for Irish beef imports to US to increase in 2015
DUBLIN: Beef exporters are worried that the much-trumpeted access for Irish beef could dry up too quickly. Minister for Agriculture...
Vietnam bans peanuts import from India after finding ‘dangerous’ insects in shipment
HANOI: Vietnam would stop importing peanuts from India after a recent shipment contained a foreign insect pest that authorities say...
Norwegian, German power cable interconnection project delayed until 2019
OSLO: The first power cable interconnection between Norway and Germany will be in place by the end of 2019, a...
Palm oil shipments from Malaysia slump most in 7 months, sales decrease 22% to 1.18m mt
KUALA LUMPUR: Palm oil exports from Malaysia, the world’s biggest producer after Indonesia, slumped the most in seven years in...
Indonesia timber exports to EU to touch US$1b in 2015
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s timber exports to the EU are expected to hit US$1 billion this year, as more timber producers adopt...
UK wholesale natural gas prices climb in early trade
LONDON: UK wholesale natural gas prices climbed in early trade as the UK gas system was undersupplied during the morning...
UK ministers deny any link to HSBC tax scandal
LONDON: UK government insisted that ministers did not know the full facts about the HSBC tax scandal until this week,...
$1.4 billion mark: Trade volume between Turkey, Colombia to touch $5b by 2023
ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that trade volume between with Colombia would surge to $5 billion by 2023. At...
German Chamber of Commerce raises 2015 GDP forecast to 1.3% from 0.8%
BERLIN: German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in its latest report, raised its 2015 German GDP forecast to 1.3%, from...
