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
UK house prices leap 9.5% during 2015
LONDON: House prices reached a record high of £208,286 in December after leaping by 9.5pc during 2015, according to Halifax....
UK wholesale natural gas prices ease after recent rally
LONDON: UK wholesale natural gas prices gave up some of the gains of the first two trading sessions of 2016...
Thailand scrap steel imports rebound during Oct 2015
BEIJING: The latest import statistics indicate that the scrap imports by Thailand during October 2015 increased modestly over the previous...
Japan’s aluminium imports expected to shrink for second year
TOKYO: Japan's aluminium imports are expected to shrink for a second year running in 2016, after buyers skipped or trimmed...
US imports of gold jewelry rise to seven-year high in Oct
WASHINGTON: U.S. imports of gold jewelry rose to a seven-year high in October while platinum jewelry imports surged by more...
Foreign car sales in S. Korea surge 24.2% in 2015
SEOUL: Foreign luxury car sales in South Korea posted a double-digit increase last year despite worries that Volkswagen's emissions scandal...
German retailers see significant revenue growth in 2015
BERLIN: Thanks to a favorable economic situation, German retailers were expected to see a significant increase of revenues in 2015,...
Delhi airport Customs gets trained Labradors to fight drug smuggling
NEW DELHI: In addition to the continuing crackdown on gold smugglers, the customs at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)...
Malaysia Customs to launch Ops Tracks GST 2016, from Jan 17 to Jan 22
PUTRAJAYA: The Royal Malaysian Customs (Customs) will launch Ops Tracks GST 2016, from Jan 17 to Jan 22, to ensure...
Nigeria’s Sokoto Customs seizes N119m contrabands in 4 months
ABUJA: The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS), said it had seized contraband worth over N...
Kuwait police nab 2 liquor smugglers
KUWAIT CITY: Securitymen from Ahmadi Security Directorate arrested two smugglers in Mangaf for the possession of 243 bottles of local...
Algeria loses $2bn a year due to fuel smuggling
ALGIERS: Algeria’s former Minister of Energy and Mines, Youcef Yousfi said earlier that 600,000 cars in Tunisia and Morocco run...
Nigeria suffers loss of N80bn daily due to petroleum products smuggling
ABUJA: Chairman of the Nigeria Shipowners Association, NISA, Capt. Niyi Labinjo, has said that the country is losing N80 billion...
Spain’s police bust human smuggling ring
MADRID: Spanish police have broken up a smuggling ring dedicated to bringing Iranians to Spain and then Britain for between...
Tobacco smuggling drops in Lebanon by 15%
BEIRUT: Cigarette and tobacco smuggling to Lebanon fell from 40 percent to 25 percent recently thanks to the tough measures...
India excise seizes 222kg dry ganja
NEW DELHI: The Special Task Force team of the Excise Department, Anakapalle, seized 222 kg of dry ganja and arrested...
BSF seize heroin worth Rs 300 million
JALANDHAR: BSF jawans on Wednesday seized six packets of heroin with an estimated market value of Rs. 30 crore from...
Curaçao Customs seizes 130kg marijuana
WILLEMSTAD: Customs has earlier this week intercepted 130 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were hidden in a container from Panama....
Thailand Customs to cut 30% import duties on luxury items
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Customs Department is preparing to make a 30% cut to import duties on luxury items in hopes of...
Nigeria’s Seme Customs command generates N1.42bn revenue in Dec
ABUJA: The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it generated N1.42bn for December, 2015, exceeding its monthly...
