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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
Insurance sector accumulates $6.7b to invest this year
HANOI: Insurance enterprises accumulated more than VND152.5 trillion (US$6.7 billion) to reinvest this year, up 18 per cent against last...
Vietnamese shares rise slightly on both local markets
HANOI: Vietnamese shares yesterday rose slightly on both local markets as energy stocks benefited from higher oil prices. The benchmark VN...
Nigeria Customs seizes 1,300 cartons of frozen poultry products
ABUJA: The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’, of Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, has arrested 23 suspects in connection with...
Shanghai Customs seizes 80,000 pieces of smuggled mink fur
SHANGHAI: Customs staff in Shanghai have seized more than 80,000 pieces of smuggled mink fur and detained 13 suspects. The fur...
Vietnam’s IPOs activity less than exciting in 2015
HANOI: Viet Nam's initial public offering (IPO) activity has been less than exciting in 2015 and that has been attributed...
Morocco cuts 30% customs duty on wheat
RABAT: Morocco is cutting the customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30 percent from 50 percent to ensure...
State bank of Vietnam credit growth expected near 20% for 2016
HANOI: The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) yesterday targeted credit growth between 18 per cent and 20 per cent...
MoIT firms effort to find strategic investors in Vietnam
HANOI: Businesses under the industry and trade ministry have not attracted foreign strategic investors during their privatisation, the ministry's board...
Kenyan insurer Britam earnings expected to fall by 25%
NAIROBI: Kenyan insurer British American Investments (Britam) has said its profit this year would be lower than in 2014 due...
S. Africa Govt agrees R1.4-trillion nuclear power plan
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa government gazette notice released by the Department of Energy on December 21 has confirmed Cabinet’s decision to...
China top export purposes for New Zealand Nov
BEIJING: November saw exports to China increase by a huge 17 percent to $803 million from the same month last...
Russia’s oil exports expected to grow by 7.5% in 2015
MOSCOW: Russia’s oil exports are expected to grow by 7.5 percent to 238 million metric tons (tonnes) in 2015, the...
Indonesia tin exports expect to fall 28% in 2015
JAKARTA: Indonesia's refined tin exports are expected to decline by as much as 28 percent to 65,000-70,000 tonnes this year...
Japan’s plywood imports increase 7% in Oct 2015
TOKYO: Plywood suppliers in three countries, China, Malaysia and Indonesia account for almost all Japan’s plywood imports. The volume of...
Taiwan ten-year bond yield drops below 1%
TAIPEI: The nation’s benchmark 10-year sovereign bond yield fell below 1 percent for the first time ever after the government...
Qatar exchange index grows 3.49% to 345.80 points in past week
DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 345.80 points, or 3.49 percent, during the past week when the bourse closed yesterday at...
Kuwait police arrest 3 smugglers with 206 liquor bottles
KUWAIT CITY: Ahmadi securitymen arrested three Indians for smuggling alcohol with 206 bottles of local liquor in their possession. While...
Kuwait real estate sales hit by KD 2.8 billion in Nov
KUWAIT: Sales improved in November 2015 posting their best levels, across sectors, in four months, or since the summer. However...
HK’s Customs seizes record 62kg liquid cocaine worth $65m
HONG KONG: Customs officers have made a record seizure of 62kg of suspected liquid cocaine hidden in an industrial machine...
Russia imports of PET decrease by over half in Jan-Nov 2015
MOSCOW: Imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in primary and secondary forms into the Russian market decreased to 76,600 tonnes in...
