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
S. Korea’s food imports surge on greater demand
SEOUL: South Korea's food imports have been rising sharply in recent years mainly due to increased consumer demand for more...
Ukraine sees 16% fall in gas imports in 2015
KIEV: Ukraine saw a 15.9% or 3.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) fall in imports of natural gas in 2015, to...
Egypt to impose import rules to shore up reserves
CAIRO: Egypt plans to impose new regulations that appear to be aimed at reducing low-quality imports in order to shore...
Kenyan authority recommends lifting of ban on GM corn imports
NAIROBI: Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority recommended the government lift a ban on imports of genetically modified organisms as the body...
Abalone, heroin seized at Cape Town airport, Beitbridge border
JOHANNESBURG: Two people were arrested after customs officials confiscated heroin and abalone at the Beitbridge border post and Cape Town...
Woman accused of smuggling drugs, weapons
DECATUR: Two women from Lacey's Spring are accused of smuggling contraband to a relative incarcerated in the Morgan County Jail....
6 people arrested for smuggling 200 kg of cannabis to Denmark
BARCELONA: Six friends in their 60s have been arrested for smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cannabis from Spain to Denmark,...
Azerbaijan Customs destroys 100 kg of narcotic, psychotropic substances
BAKU: The State Customs Committee informs that last year the SCC Investigative Committee initiated 266 criminal cases. "Last year 228...
Nigeria Customs blames importers on cargo clearance delays
ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service at the weekend took a swipe at some importers and their clearing agents over delays...
Customs intercept large batch of weed
WILLEMSTAD: Customs has earlier this week intercepted 130 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were hidden in a container from Panama....
Qatar arrests smuggler with $1.2m in diamonds, pearls
DOHA: Qatar has arrested a man who tried to smuggle US$1.2 million (Dh4.4m) worth of diamonds and pearls into the...
Taiwan’s CPI plunges 0.31% in 2015
TAIPEI: Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) fell for a fall year in 2015 for the first time since 2009 when...
Indonesia’s proposal to import 200,000 cattle’s from Australia
CANBERRA: Barnaby Joyce, Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, welcomed Indonesia's recommendation to import 200,000 cattles from Australia in...
Sales of new vehicles in Australia rise steadily in Dec
SYDNEY: Sales of new vehicles in Australia rose solidly in December to make 2015 a record-breaking year for the sector,...
German auto sales increased by 8% to 247,300 units in Dec
FRANKFURT: The auto sector in Germany witnessed 8 per cent increase in December, marking a strong year as a whole...
Japan’s aluminium premiums shipments set at $110 per ton
TOKYO: Japan's aluminium premiums for January-March shipments were set at $110 per ton, up 22 percent from the previous quarter,...
Japan’s Cosmo oil increases Iranian crude import
TOKYO: Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil is looking at the possibility of buying more crude from Iran once sanctions on the...
Vietnam’s wood industry expects to climb this year
HANOI: Viet Nam's wood industry is expected to gain a total export value of wood and wooden products of US$7.7...
Vietnam beverage industry contributes $1.3b budget in last year
HANOI: The beverage industry contributed VND30 trillion (US$1.3 billion) to the State budget last year, according to the Viet Nam...
Vinacomin expects turnover of $4.8 bln in 2016
HANOI: The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) anticipates a turnover of VND110 trillion (US$4.8 billion) this...
