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
State missed out on 637 mln in taxes in 2015 due to illegal tobacco trade
ATHENS: The illegal tobacco trade in Greece has grown sevenfold in the years of the financial crisis, which began in...
Dutch MPs oppose Wadden Island gas drilling licence
AMSTERDAM: A majority of MPs oppose the government’s decision to sanction test drilling for gas in a nature reserve near...
Tax planned on Airbnb-style rentals
ATHENS: The government will impose a tax targeting peer-to-peer property rentals in unlicensed accommodation through a bill that the Tourism...
Philippines targets up to 25% share of $200bn halal market
MANILA: The Philippine government is determined to get a share of 20 to 25 percent of the $200bn global Halal...
Real estate trades exceeded QR 513 million last week
DOHA: The total trading value in real estate sales contracts registered with the Land Registry Department of the Ministry of...
Govt saves $3.9b by cutting coordinating minister office budgets
JAKARTA: The House of Representative’s budget committee has approved the budget cut proposed by three coordinating minister offices as part...
Ukraine imports gas at $181.50 in May
KIEV: Ukraine imported gas at an average customs value of UAH 4,595.10 or $181.50 per thousand cubic meters in May...
Polish power prices surge after imports cut
WARSAW: Electricity imports into Poland from Sweden and Lithuania were cut to zero in most hours on Wednesday following technical...
XPEC revenue doubles
TAIPEI: Video game developer XPEC Entertainment Inc saw its monthly revenue double to NT$210.99 million (US$6.5 million) last month from...
NZ bans imports of nearly all products containing asbestos
WELLINGTON: Imports of products containing asbestos will no longer be allowed, the environment minister says. The importation of raw asbestos...
S.Korea’s Iran crude imports for May more than double on year
SEOUL: South Korea's imports of Iranian crude oil jumped around 130 percent in May from the same month a year...
India’s May vegoil imports fall 25% YOY
NEW DELHI: India's vegetable oil imports in May dropped 25 percent compared with the same period a year earlier to...
Hong Kong Customs seized suspected endangered species items
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs yesterday seized suspected endangered species items including 51.9 kilograms of suspected agarwood, 2.5kg of suspected...
US Customs seizes heroin worth $32,400
BROWNSVILLE: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted a load of alleged heroin at...
Nigeria: Sultan to Customs CG, Lift Ban On Importation of Rice Through Land Borders
SOKOTO: The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, monday called on the management of the Nigeria Customs Service...
Eurozone industrial production rebounds in April
BRUSSELS: Industrial production rose 1.1 percent across the eurozone during April. Official figures published on Tuesday could lift growth hopes...
MACC detains two Customs officers for allegedly accepting money from fisherman
KANGAR: Two Customs officers who allegedly sought RM3,000 as bribes from a fishing boat owner were picked up by the...
Dominguez readies Customs reforms
MANILA: The incoming administration will initiate reform measures at the Bureau of Customs to rid the agency of corrupt practices,...
Kieldrecht Lock opened at Port of Antwerp, Belgium
BRUSSELS: The Kieldrecht Lock, built with an investment of €382m, has been opened for commercial shipping at Port of Antwerp...
City’s unemployment rate 6.6% in May
WASHINGTON: The city's unemployment rate stood at 6.6 per cent in May, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers...
