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
QNB net profit rises 7.7% to QR11.3bn, assets surge
DOHA: QNB Group, the region’s largest lender, reported a robust 7.7 percent increase in the net profit for the year...
Trade shocks gather strength to market speculation on breaking GCC’s dollar pegs
DOHA: The continuing large terms-of-trade shock has increased market speculation that the GCC’s US dollar pegs could break going forward....
Kuwait Burgan Bank picks arrangers for KD 100m bond
KUWAIT : Burgan Bank, Kuwait’s third-largest lender by assets, has picked two arrangers for a potential 100 million dinar ($329.4...
Egypt Central Bank sees import rules economy $20 bln in 2016
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank Governor Tarek Amer said rules to curb what he described as unnecessary imports may save about...
Ukrainian Govt decides to ban imports of food products
KIEV: The Ukrainian government has decided to ban imports of food products, including meat, from Russia. The move is a...
Kuwait police nab indian liquor smuggler
KUWAIT: An Indian expatriate smuggler was arrested in Fahaheel area in possession of 167 bottles of locally manufactured liquor. According...
US polypropylene exports rise by 3%, imports jump 41%
HOUSTON: US November polypropylene (PP) exports edged up about 3% over the same month in 2014 on more shipments to...
India Customs seizes gold bars worth Rs 5.8 million
KOCHI: Gold bars, worth over Rs. 58 lakh, were on Wednesday seized from two passengers who arrived in Kochi from...
Three drug smugglers nab with 30kg charas
LUCKNOW: Three members of a narcotics smuggling gang were arrested in Rampur and contraband worth Rs 45 lakh was allegedly...
Ireland Customs seizes 2kg cocaine hidden in cosmetic bottles
DUBLIN: Revenue officers seized 2kgs of cocaine, worth approximately €140,000, at Dublin Airport on Monday. Revenue officers stopped and searched...
U.S Customs seizes a ton of marijuana camouflaged as carrots
PHARR: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents got their hands on more than one ton of marijuana camouflaged as carrots....
Turkey moves to expand Customs union with EU
ANKARA: Months after agreeing with Brussels to upgrade a decades-old Customs Union, Ankara has moved towards implementing practical steps that...
Indonesia Customs nabs British with marijuana
JAKARTA: A British man was reportedly arrested on January 9 for carrying three grams of marijuana in his buttocks. Identified...
SL Customs targets Rs 1 trillion record revenue this year
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs (SLC) is expected to collect Rs. 1 trillion as tax revenue for 2016, Director General Chulananda...
Petrobras to sell its share in petrochemical firm Braskem
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell its share in Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin...
Japan’s Nov. core machinery orders fall 14.4% on month
TOKYO: Japan's core machinery orders plummeted a seasonally adjusted 14.4 percent in November from a month earlier, marking the first...
S.Korea freezes interest rates at record low as expected
SEOUL: South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze interest rates at a record low as expected, keeping a wait-and-see stance...
Brazil real rises on commodities after Chinese exports surprise
BRASILIA: Brazil’s real followed commodities higher after a report showed Chinese exports unexpectedly rose last month in yuan terms. The...
Indonesia issues permits to import cattle from Australia
JAKARTA: The government has issued permits for the import of 198,000 live cattle from Australia for the first quarter of...
Ukraine’s forex reserves increase to 3.4 months of imports in 2015
KIEV: The international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in 2015 grew by 77% or UAH 5.767 billion,...
