International Customs

DHAKA: Since February, import of gold for domestic consumption (as opposed to that done for export, after value addition) has...

KATHMANDU: The country’s import-export ratio slipped to 11:1 during the first 11 months of this fiscal year, according to the...

WARSAW: Britain’s referendum decision to leave the EU will slow Poland’s economic growth, but the government is not planning to...

KIEV: The National Bank of Ukraine bought $70.8 million from banks on Thursday, one of the largest amounts in recent...

MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), acting on behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, has successfully raised $4...

HELSINKI: Volkswagen AG (VW), a German automaker, has agreed on two settlements to buy back or fix some of its...

DUBAI: Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime...

CANBERRA: The Australia Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas (APLNG) project has started exports to Kansai Electric, in Japan, with the first...

TEHRAN: Iranian petrochemical plants exported 27.87 million mt of petrochemical products worth $3.54 billion in the period March 20-June 20,...

DUBAI: Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) recently held a seminar in Singapore which highlighted its substantial investment prospects for Singaporean...

HANOI:  Vietnam Livestock Corporation JSC (VLC) announced that it allowed local food maufacturer GTNFoods (GTN) to buy a 65 per...

ROME: Italy's biggest lender, UniCredit , appointed French investment banker Jean-Pierre Mustier on Thursday as its new chief executive, sources...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand consumers can now buy Landcorp's Pamu-branded venison, the first of its products available in this country. The...

NEW DELHI:  India today lifted ban on export and import of certain items from Iran, following lifting of sanctions against...

CANBERRA: Australia's two largest milk processors have cut milk prices for the coming season to $5 per kg or less....

ANKARA: Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased in May from a year ago, as exports rose and imports fell, figures from...

SEOUL: South Korea’s exports are likely to have rebounded considerably in dollar terms and also on year-on-year growth basis. On...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s state-owned Strategic Fuel Fund said it has expressed interest in buying Chevron’s Corp.’s Cape Town oil...

KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah personally supervised the checking of evidence of the latest drugs...

QATAR: Airport officials in Qatar have recently foiled multiple attempts to smuggle drugs into the country this month, including finding...