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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
PH wants tariff on farm products scrapped
MANILA: The Philippines will seek this Friday the removal of quotas and tariffs on its key agricultural exports such as...
Greece’s OTE net profit falls 16% in Q1
ATHENS: Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE reported a 16 percent drop in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, as bailout measures...
Philips to sell lighting arm
AMSTERDAM: Royal Philips NV announced yesterday that it is spinning off its iconic lighting division in an initial public offering...
Taiwan’s PMI reaches 54.9 in April
TAIPEI: The nation’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) registered 54.9 last month, above the 50 threshold indicating improvement in...
Italian construction machine market growing
ROME: A slow but steady improvement in machine sales is being observed in Italy as the market recovers. Over the...
New Zealand unemployment rate jump to 5.7%
WELLINGTON: The unemployment rate has jumped to 5.7 percent, with 144,000 out of work. Official figures show the number of...
Following timber ban, 3,000 Kunar carpenters go jobless
ASADABAD: Thousands of artisans and carpenters in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday asked the government to provide work opportunities for...
Total to invest in Qatar’s solar sector
DOHA: The global energy giant Total has announced its plans to invest in Qatar’s emerging solar energy sector by establishing...
Mazda Kuwait sales up 20% in Q1, 2016
KUWAIT: Kuwait Automotive Imports Co WLL (Kaico)- Al Shaya and Al Sagar, the exclusive distributor for Mazda vehicles in the...
Usibelli resumes exports with sale to Japan
TOKYO: After halting exports last September, the Usibelli Coal Mine at Healy is currently fulfilling an order for 75,000 tons...
Turkcell revenues up 8% in Q1 to TRY 3.2 bln
ANKARA: Turkcell Group revenues rose by 8.3 percent year-on-year in Q1 to TRY 3.225 billion. EBITDA increased 8.1 percent to...
South Korea to accept imports of Australian blood oranges
SEOUL: South Korea's Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency has decided to allow Australian blood oranges into the market, adding to...
Abaca export earnings increase 3.1% in 2015
WASHINGTON: Revenues from abaca exports rose by 3.1 percent to $114.79 million in 2015, from $111.33 million recorded a year...
Tata Motors reports 9.9% sales growth in April 2016
BANGKOK: Tata Motors saw year-on-year sales growth of 9.9% for total commercial and passenger vehicles sales (including exports) in April...
India non-industrial diamonds top export earner in FY16
NEW DELHI: India earned about $16.5 billion from the export of non-industrial diamonds, the top exported commodity in April-January 2015-16....
US Customs seizes 74 pounds of meth, coaine
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 72-year-old Mexican national Monday for attempting to smuggle almost 74 pounds of...
South Africa’s rand weakens on import demand, stocks fall
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand fell as much as 1.4 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, weighed down by a combination...
US Customs nabs two man with fake entry documents
HIDALGO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested two men from...
Australians to pay GST on low value imports from next year
CANBERRA: Australians currently have the luxury of buying good from overseas retailers without attracting an additional GST tax of 10%...
BMW’s Q1 net profit rises 8.2%
BERLIN: Luxury automaker BMW yesterday said net profit rose 8.2 percent in the first quarter as the company saw strong...
