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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
India imports 10,000 ton soyameal due to high domestic prices
PUNE: India, which has been a traditional exporter of soyameal, had to import the commodity after many years. After wheat...
Japan posts biggest trade surplus in 4 years
TOKYO: Japan posted its biggest trade surplus of 240 billion yen in February over the last four years, according to...
P20M worth of drugs seized in Quezon City buy-bust
MANILA: Police operatives on Saturday seized P20 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City....
India to sign gas field deal with Iran
NEW DELHI: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan will push for state-run firms to win development rights for the vast Farzad B...
South African Feb coal exports slip 19.7%
CAPE TOWN: South Africa's thermal coal exports totalled 4.82 million mt in February, slipping 19.7% year on year, as shipments...
US Customs seizes meth, heroin worth $865k
RIO GRANDE CITY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Rio Grande City Port of...
Bank of Thailand to loosen forex regulations
BANGKOK: The Bank of Thailand will ease foreign-exchange rules to let individuals invest in products linked to foreign exchange and...
Yields down at South Africa’s inflation-linked bond sale
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa sold 650 million rand ($44 million) worth of its 2033, 2046 and 2050 inflation-linked bonds on Friday,...
Hong Kong Customs steps up enforcement actions against infringing activities during Easter
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs stepped up enforcement actions against infringing activities during Easter from March 22 to 28 with...
Eurozone confidence falls
BRUSSELS: A closely watched survey shows that economic confidence across the 19-country eurozone fell for a third consecutive month last...
ECB under pressure as Eurozone deflation in March hinders growth outlook
OSLO: Prices have started to gradually fall in the Eurozone, impairing the bloc's economic growth prospects, as cheap oil prevents...
Kuwait and Korean firms seal $2.9bn LNG deal
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday inked a $2.93 billion contract with three South Korean firms for the construction of the largest Liquefied...
Qatar banks’ private sector credit facilities at QR412.6bn
DOHA: Qatar-based banks’ total domestic private sector deposits has dropped about QR21.2bn to QR327bn in February. Total domestic loans and...
World Bank cuts Indonesia 2016 growth forecast to 5.1 percent, sees revenue miss
JAKARTA: The World Bank has trimmed its 2016 growth forecast for Indonesia, saying a miss on the government's revenue target...
PMI moves back into positive territory
TAIPEI: The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) registered 54.9 last month, bounding back to positive territory, as companies emerged...
Deficit target missed
MADRID: The government here the other day said it failed to meet its budget deficit target last year, despite a...
APM to invest in Morocco
COPENHAGEN: The world’s biggest shipping company is taking advantage of low industry prices to build its business across units. A.P....
German engineering firms see sharp slowdown in exports to US this year
FRANKFURT: German engineering exports to the United States, their top destination, are likely to slow sharply this year due to...
Afghanistan to import power from Turkmen gas plant
KABUL: A 400 MW gas-fired plant being built in Turkmenistan will export electricity to energy-starved Afghanistan, according to a report...
January retail sales post 2.2% year-on-year drop
ATHENS: Greek retail sales by volume dropped 2.2 percent in January compared to the same month a year ago after...
