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
DHL eCommerce launches in Thailand
BANGKOK: Thailand is the first Southeast Asian country to launch DHL eCommerce’s domestic delivery service, the company has announced. DHL...
Prices of gas & petrol down, food items stable in Kabul
KABUL: Prices of gas, flour and petrol declined during the outgoing week in Kabul, where gas rates varied from one...
Denmark raises repo rate to defend euro peg
COPENHAGEN: Denmark's central bank on Thursday said it had increased its repo rate a notch to defend its currency peg...
South African Reserve Bank hikes repo rate by 50 basis points
JOHANNESBURG: South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday the bank would increase the repo rate by...
Asian imports of Iran oil plunges 18% in Dec
TOKYO: Asian imports of Iranian oil fell 18 percent in December from a year earlier, as Iran's biggest crude buyers...
Poland’s PKN says considers more oil imports from S. Arabia
WARSAW: Poland's biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen is considering increasing the scale of its oil imports from Saudi Arabia, PKN's...
Norway reports grim prospects in manufacturing sector
OSLO: Norwegian industrial managers reported negative expectations for the first quarter of 2016 in large parts of manufacturing and suggested...
Philippines Customs examiners probed after opening Japanese royal couple’s cargo
MANILA: Two customs examiners assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Pair Cargo Customs Bonded Warehouse are now being...
Malaysia Customs foils attempt to smuggle luxury cars
JOHOR BARU: Johor Customs crippled an attempt to smuggle in 26 luxury cars from Singapore worth RM2.9 million including taxes...
Customs Committee introduces discounts for entrepreneurs
BAKU: The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee has introduced a 70 percent-discount on formalizing customs declarations for customs clearance of goods...
Ireland Customs seized cigarettes worth €5m in past week
DUBLIN: A total of more than 9.5 million cigarettes have been seized as part of intelligence-led operations in the State...
KFH posts net profit of KD 145.8 m for 2015
KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Chairman, Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq said that KFH, by the Grace of Allah and His Blessings,...
QIIB’s income grows 4.6%, net profit touches QR784m
DOHA: Qatar’s major Islamic lender International Islamic (QIIB) recorded a total income amounting to QR1.59bn, with a net profit of...
Indonesia to pair 100 SMEs with South Korean SMEs
JAKARTA: The Indonesian and South Korean governments have agreed to pair 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), allowing Indonesian SMEs...
AUO reports first loss in 10 quarters
TAIPEI: AU Optronics Corp (AUO) yesterday posted the first quarterly loss in 10 quarters, primarily due to a massive asset...
Small German firms hope to get refugees working
BERLIN: More than half of small and medium-sized companies in Germany believe the mass migrant influx can help alleviate the...
Inflation likely slows to 1.2% in Jan
MANILA: Lower food and utility prices after the holiday season likely dampened inflation in January, the chief economist of the...
Germany’s annual inflation rate edges up to 0.4%
BERLIN: Inflation is gradually creeping higher in Germany but is still a long way off the European Central Bank’s target...
Govt may re-impose customs duty on crude oil imports
KATHMANDU: With international oil prices slumping to 12-year low, the government may look at reimposing 5 per cent customs duty...
Mexico’s Pemex posts record low crude oil exports in Dec
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex exported just 1.008 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in December,...
