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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
Italy’s black economy equals third of GDP
ROME: Italy's black economy is worth at least 540 billion euros ($752 billion), or around a third of its gross...
Australian shares end 0.6% higher
SYDNEY: Australian shares ended 0.6 per cent higher on Friday in see-saw trade, after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly slashed...
Bank of Japan sends interest rates negative
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan has shocked global markets by driving its official interest rates into negative territory. In a...
Brazil seeks free auto trade with Argentina
BRASÍLIA: Brazilian government will propose the full liberalization of vehicle trade with Argentina from July, newspaper Valor Econômico reported on...
S. Korea’s industrial production rise 1.2% in Dec
SEOUL: South Korea's industrial production rose 1.2 percent in December from a month earlier, posting the first rebound in three...
S. Korea luxury car sales increase 52% in last year
SEOUL: Sales of luxury cars priced over 100 million won topped the 20,000 mark last year for the first time...
Blueberry exports to Japan decrease in recent years
PORTLAND: Blueberry exports to Japan, a major destination for the crop, have decreased in recent years but experts aren’t alarmed...
Algeria sugar import bill down in 2015
ALGIERS: Sugar imports (raw beet, sugar cane, lactose and solid lactose syrup) fell to USD 714.76 million in 2015 against...
80% of Dutch firms are now one-man companies
AMSTERDAM: There are now over 1.5 million companies in the Netherlands but 1.2 million of them have no more than...
Turkey’s foreign trade deficit decreases 27.4% in Dec 2015
ANKARA: Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 27.4 percent to $6.183 billion in December 2015 from $8.519 billion in the...
Flour millers ask Govt to scrap 25% import duty on wheat
PUNE: Flour millers have asked the government to scrap the 25% import duty on wheat from April due to worries...
India’s Bharti Airtel posts 22.2% fall in profit
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest telecom operator, posted a 22.2 percent fall in profit in its latest quarter, missing...
Greece, Israel and Cyprus to explore gas pipeline to Europe
ATHENS: Greece, Israel and Cyprus will explore the possibility of building a natural gas pipeline to Europe, tapping huge gas...
New Zealand imports rise to record high last year
WELLINGTON: New Zealand imports rose to a record high last year as a decline in the value of the currency...
US Customs confiscates 76 pounds of marijuana
DETROIT: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Fort Street Cargo Facility in...
US Customs seizes meth worth $439k
SAN CLEMENTE: Border Patrol agents working at the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint in San Clemente seized more than 38 pounds...
Morocco suspends contacts with EU delegation over trade row
BRUSSELS: Morocco has suspended contacts with the European Union delegation in Rabat over a trade row, a confidential Moroccan government...
Spain sees record jobless fall in 2015 as economy recovers
MADRID: Spain's unemployment rate registered a record fall last year, dropping nearly three percentage points to 20.90 percent, according to...
Dubai retail group to increase imports from US
ABU DHABI: Dubai-based retail major Al Maya Group plans to increase its imports from the US as it looks to...
Thai Cabinet approves 15 bln baht budget for rubber planters, entrepreneurs
BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved a 15 billion baht budget for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives’ loan project for...
