International Customs
Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
India imports cotton from Pakistan as domestic prices climb
MUMBAI: India, the world s biggest cotton producer, has contracted to import 20,000 bales from Pakistan for shipment this month...
Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China up 35.1 percent
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China in May surged 35.1 percent from a year earlier to 1.45 million tons,...
Metrobank plans P20B fund-raising
MANILA: TY family-led Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) plans to raise as much as P20 billion from a new...
Minister raises fine for drugs firms which create shortages 20-fold
AMSTERDAM: Dutch health minister Edith Schippers said on Thursday she plans to increase the fine payable by pharmaceutical companies which...
Denmark has EU’s highest grocery prices
COPENHAGEN: Denmark is the most expensive place in Europe to buy groceries, according to new figures from Eurostat. The Eurostat...
RBS receives bids for Greek ship finance business
ATHENS: The Royal Bank of Scotland has received bids for its Greek ship finance business, banking and financial sources familiar...
German football sees TV revenue jump 85% to €1.16 billion a season
BERLIN: The German football governing body has announced that TV revenues in Germany will jump by 85% from 2017-18 to...
Flour, sugar and fuel prices go up in Kabul
KABUL: The prices of flour, sugar and fuel increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said on...
Qatar Exchange to enhance cooperation with local universities
DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) will strengthen and expand its cooperation with local institutions of higher studies, including leading universities and...
Kuwait realty sector to be steady: Experts
KUWAIT: Property experts predict that the domestic real-estate market will be stable in the second half of this year due...
Angkasa Pura II asks for Rp 2 trillion capital injection to expand runway
JAKARTA: State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP II) is seeking Rp 2 trillion (US$150 million) in state capital injection...
Hong Kong Customs seizes $9.8 million suspected pangolin scales
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs today detected a sea-bound cargo smuggling case and seized about 4 000 kilograms of suspected...
OIUs collect $33.67m
TAIPEI: The Financial Supervisory Commission yesterday said Taiwanese insurance firms’ offshore insurance units (OIU) had collected an estimated US$33.67 million...
ECB restores bond waiver, lets Greek banks tap credit
OSLO: The European Central Bank (ECB) has restored a key waiver that will let Greek banks tap cheap emergency central...
Political uncertainty hits eurozone business activity
BRUSSELS: Political and economic uncertainty dampened eurozone private sector business activity in June, a closely watched survey showed yesterday. Data...
Ireland Customs seizes 30,000 cigarettes worth over €16,000
DUBLIN: The smuggled ‘Marlboro Gold’ cigarettes were discovered stuffed into the checked-in baggage belonging to two Moldovan men when they...
Colombia cenbank ups rate to 7.5% to ease still-high inflation
WASHINGTON: Colombia's central bank raised its benchmark lending rate to 7.5 percent on Wednesday, the tenth consecutive monthly increase, in...
Dubai targets 7% energy needs from clean sources by 2020
DUBAI: Dubai aims to provide 7 per cent of its energy needs from clean energy sources by 2020. This target...
China remains biggest chemical fertilizer exporter to Nepal
KATHMANDU: China remains the largest supplier of chemical fertilizers to Nepal in the first 10 months of the current fiscal...
Vizag Port declared as second gateway port for Nepal
KATHMANDU: Visakhapatnam Port has been declared as the second gateway port for Nepal after Kolkata-Haldia. The movement of traffic-in-transit between...
