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
Oil import bill plunges 55% due to embargo in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s spending on oil imports plunged 55.4 percent in the first seven months of the fiscal year as the...
India steel imports at Rs 36,073 crore in April-Jan FY16
NEW DELHI: India, the world's third largest steel producer, imported steel worth Rs 36,073 crore in the first 10 months...
Dutch bank opens first branch in Shanghai
AMSTERDAM: Dutch lender ABN AMRO has opened a branch in Shanghai focusing on supporting the bank's corporate clients in the...
Nigeria seeks to end petroleum imports within 18 months
ABUJA: Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer wants to end its need for imported petroleum products within 18 months, the country’s...
Belgian pharma companies suspected of supplying drugs to Mexican baron
BRUSSELS: Seven Belgian pharmaceutical companies are accused of supplying a Mexican drugs baron with ingredients to make millions of methamphetamine...
South Africa imports yellow maize from Argentina, Ukraine
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa, which needs to import millions of tons of maize this year because of a drought, will source...
Bangladesh imports 49% cotton from India
DHAKA: Bangladesh is highly dependent on India for cotton, the basic raw material for the textile industry, due to comparative...
Siemens plans to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide
MUNICH: German engineering giant Siemens announced on Wednesday that it plans to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide in order to improve...
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund posts 2.7% return in 2015
OSLO: Norway's sovereign wealth fund posted a 2.7 percent return, or 334 billion kroner (39 billion U.S. dollars), in the...
US Customs nabs Mexican with firearms componets
TUCSON: A male Mexican national was arrested Friday for attempting to smuggle nine separate parts of firearms into Mexico through...
US Customs seizes meth worth $1,440,133
BROWNSVILLE: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge seized a load of...
US Customs seizes $3m of marijuana in four days
EDINBURG: Agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector disrupted the cash flow of drug smuggling organizations by seizing more...
Unemployment rates decrease in Syracuse
SYRACUSE: The New York State Department of Labor released preliminary local area unemployment rates for January 2016, and Syracuse's unemployment...
Poland’s banking system stable, financial regulator says
WARSAW: Head of Poland's financial regulator KNF, Andrzej Jakubiak, said on Wednesday that the Polish banking system was stable. "The...
National Bank of Ukraine plans present currency market liberalization
KIEV: The National Bank of Ukraine on March 16 plans to present a final concept for liberalizing the currency market,...
SC grants customers leave to appeal
HELSINKI: The Supreme Court has granted certain customers of Nordea bank leave to appeal for an increase on loan interest...
Bangladesh exports rise 10.99% to US
DHAKA: The country's exports to the United States of America grew by 10.99 per cent in January following a rise...
Omani firms plan sukuk issue
MUSCAT: Several companies in Oman, including a real estate developer, are planning to issue sukuk or Islamic debt instrument. A...
Vietnam imports around 5,000 tons of tuna for local
HANOI: Vietnam imports around 5,000 tonnes of tuna for local consumption demand every year, according to an official of the...
Ghana consumer inflation slows to 18.5% in Feb
ACCRA: Ghana's annual consumer price inflation fell to 18.5 percent in February from 19.0 percent the month before, the statistics...
