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
More than 33 million smuggled cigarettes seized
ATHENS: The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) worked closely with Greek and Cypriot authorities to track the shipment and seize more...
Toyota’s net profit jumps to $16 bln in South Africa
CAPE TOWN: Toyota says its nine-month net profit jumped nearly 10 percent to 1.9-trillion yen ($16-billion), despite falling sales in...
Pension reforms: Greek farmers continue protests against govt
THESSALONIKI: Greek farmers have continued their protests against pension reforms to press the leftist government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras....
Slowest rate in 6 years: Indonesia’s economy grew 4.70% in 2015
JAKARTA: Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia, witnessed 4.79 per cent growth rate, which is the slowest pace for six years...
India to soon start imports to meet growing domestic demand
NEW DELHI: Once a large exporter of oilmeal, India will soon start imports to meet growing domestic demand from bird...
Customs airport command gets N126bn revenue target
ABUJA: The Comptroller General, Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (retd.), has mandated the Murtala Muhammed Airport Command, Lagos...
Vodafone Spain revenues fall by 1.3%
MADRID: In the last quarter of 2015, Vodafone Spain saw its revenues fall by 1.3 per cent to €1.256 billion...
Ethiopia’s annual inflation increases to 10.2% in Jan
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation edged up to 10.2 percent in January from 10.0 percent in the previous month, the...
Canada trade deficit narrows to Can$585m in Dec
OTTAWA: Canada's trade deficit with the world narrowed to Can$585 million (US$424 million) in December, as both exports and imports...
ArcelorMittal plans to raise $3 bln from investors
LONDON: ArcelorMittal plans to raise $3 billion from investors and sell a $1 billion stake in Spanish auto-parts maker Gestamp...
Muscat shares close in red
MUSCAT: A decline in index heavyweights weighed on an otherwise stable MSM 30 Index which closed at 5,165.51 points, down...
Finland rents up by 3% in 2015
HELSINKI: The year-on-year increase in rents was 3.0 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2015. The rents of non-subsidised...
Russian Lukoil fuel stations to depart Poland
WARSAW: Russia’s largest private oil company, Lukoil, has decide to sell around 230 petrol stations in Poland and the region....
Vinamilk profit rises 28% in Vietnam
HANOI: The Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) posted an after-tax profit of nearly VND7.8 trillion (US$350 million)...
Brazil considers flexible fiscal surplus target for 2016
BRASÍLIA: Brazil is considering a flexible fiscal surplus target for this year as plummeting revenue and political turmoil hamper efforts...
Turkey sees HDPE imports from US, Uzbekistan
ANKARA: High density polyethylene (HDPE) material from both the US and Uzbekistan is being increasingly offered into the Turkish market...
Nepal’s imports fall 26.5% in H1 of fiscal year
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s imports plunged by 26.5 percent in first half of the fiscal year as four-and-a-half-month blockade took its toll,...
Philippines forex reserves dip to $80.16 bln in Jan
MANILA: The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined in January due to strong outflows arising from payments by the national government...
Singapore airlines get shareholder dip to delist tiger air
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines reportedly said it would take Tiger Air private after more than 90 percent of Tiger's shareholders accepted...
Japan Nippon Steel may buy Nisshin Steel
TOKYO: Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp said on Monday it may buy fourth-ranked rival Nisshin Steel,...
