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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
Thailand’s struggling exports to rise 2% in 2016
BANGKOK: Thai exports, which have contracted for years, will grow again in 2016, two business associations predicted. Exports, equal to...
US ethanol exports drop 16% in Nov
WASHINGTON: U.S. ethanol exports in November dropped 16% to 59.0 million gallons (mg), landing around 10 mg under the year-to-date...
South Korea’s exports of makgeolli to Japan
SEOUL: South Korea's exports of makgeolli, a traditional rice wine, to Japan have been in the doldrums since 2011 when...
Ecuador to pay OXY $1bn
BRASILIA: Ecuador is to make a US$1 billion payment to US oil giant Occidental Petroleum (OXY) by April, in keeping...
Sri Lanka Customs launches ‘Single Window program’
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has been linked up with high tech Single Window program implemented worldwide to facilitate the export-import process...
GCC equity market shed $200bn in 2015 market cap
DOHA: GCC equities underperformed most international peers with the MSCI GCC total return index retreating 15 percent during the year,...
Rotterdam port workers start one-day strike
AMSTERDAM: The Rotterdam port workers are starting a 24 hour strike starting at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Unions FNV and...
Kuwait’s CID nabs three drug smugglers
KUWAIT CITY: Personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department have arrested three people — two Lebanese and an American — for...
Kuwait Customs seizes 3kg marijuana
KUWAIT: An Asian man was arrested at Kuwait International Airport with possession of marijuana which he admitted of attempting to...
Oman’s Bank Dhofar closes $250m three-year loan
MUSCAT: Oman's Bank Dhofar has raised a $250 million three-year loan to be used for general funding, sources aware of...
Oishi Group eyes South African market
SHANGHAI: Filipino-owned Liwayway Group of Companies, the company behind the Oishi brand, is set to make its first foray outside...
HK Customs seizes cocaine in chocolate wrappers worth HKD1.5 million
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs seized around 1.4 kilograms of suspected cocaine here the other day, which was not-so-craftily concealed...
Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserves jump $5.7b
JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves jumped the most since April 2012 last month, giving the central bank more scope to...
Oman adopts conservative approach in estimating non-oil revenue
MUSCAT: Oman government has adopted a conservative approach in estimating non-oil revenue in the recently announced State Budget for 2016....
Iraq extends ban on imports of frozen, live poultry products
BAGHDAD: Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including...
Japan presses Singapore to ease ban on Fukushima food imports
TOKYO: Japan pressed Singapore to ease its ban on Fukushima food imports, following the European Union's move to relax restrictions...
Norway seafood exports more than double in 10 years
OSLO: Norway exported seafood worth NOK 74.5 billion in 2015. This is 8 per cent, or NOK 5.8 billion, more...
Egg imports from Ukraine to Israel halted
KIEV: Eggs imported from Ukraine, where there is no mandatory inoculation of chickens against salmonella, were sold in Israel for...
ADB’s operations hit record high of $27.15bn in 2015
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here the other day that its operations reached an all-time high of 27.15...
Iran to double oil exports to Japan
TEHRAN: It has been estimated that oil exports to Japan will increase twofold once the international sanctions are nullified. In...
