International Customs

ALGIERS: More than 5,700 smuggled mobile phones were seized Monday, by a detachment of the People's National Army (ANP), coming...

TALOQAN: Police on Wednesday claimed arresting five people smuggling 392 kilograms of opium and heroin in northern Takhar province. Takhar...

SINGAPORE: An illegal shipment of elephant tusks and pangolin scales – worth an estimated S$1.3 million – was seized by...

TOKYO: Japan reports its trade deficit fell nearly 60 percent from a year earlier in November as a drop in...

MOSCOW: Russia announced on Wednesday that it is considering reduction or elimination of import duties on Iranian agricultural products –...

HARARE: Zimbabwe has spent about $4,87 billion on car imports since 2009 as consumers continue to shun the limited and...

SINGAPORE: A Vietnamese oil tanker has been seized in Singapore over a possible payment dispute following a complaint by shipping...

JAKARTA. Indonesia will import 600,000 tonnes of corn in the first quarter of 2016, the chief executive of the state...

FAYETTE COUNTY: Keith Korenek says $290,000 was seized after a van was stopped for a traffic violation. The van was...

CHANDIGARH: In its largest destruction of seized heroin ever, a high-level drug disposal committee of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)...

MOSCOW: The Russian presidential decree to suspend the implementation of the Commonwealth of Independent States free trade deal in regard...

OTTAWA: Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals cut its revenue and profit forecasts for 2015, but said it still expected double-digit percentage...

WASHINGTON: IDC Foundation for Research and Consulting issued a report that showed that sales of smart phones accounted for 50%...

KATHMANDU:  It's been almost two months since a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)...

WASHINGTON: VeriFone Systems Inc. PAY reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2015 adjusted earnings (including stock-based compensation) of 45 cents per share, which...

KIEV: Season 2015/16 began with extremely low figures of high oleic sunflower exports- only 1.0 KMT were shipped in September...

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) predicts that Hong Kong's export volume will increase by two per...

MOSCOW: Russia issued its first electronic payment cards Tuesday, aiming to boost its financial independence and compete with international payment...

SEOUL: South Korea's financial regulator on Wednesday approved the banking operations of China Everbright Bank, a unit of the state-owned...

SEOUL: South Korean authorities set a new consumer price target and cut economic growth estimates on Wednesday, as falling oil...