International Customs

SEOUL: Asian imports of Iranian crude recorded an increase of about 10 percent in August as compared to the same...

SEJONG:  South Korea plans to resume importing chickens from North America in November after no new outbreaks of bird flu...

SEOUL: South Korea's Hyundai Motor launched Wednesday a high-end brand named after its Genesis sedan as it looks to expand...

TOKYO: The Japanese scrap exports dropped sharply during September this year. The country’s scrap exports dropped below 500,000 tons during...

OSLO: Norway exported herring, mackerel and other pelagic fish to a value of NOK 1.5 billion ($100 million) in October,...

TOKYO: Japan Tobacco Inc. raised its fiscal year-end dividend as it sees continued “mid to long term” growth, even as...

TOKYO: Shares of Japan Post and its banking and insurance units surged on their stock market debut in Tokyo after...

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand dollar fell, hit by a stronger US dollar and weaker prices at the GlobalDairyTrade auction, stoking...

OSLO: Norwegian gas flows to Britain and continental Europe were broadly steady on Tuesday morning despite several outages, data from...

AMSTERDAM: At the risk of hitting the man when he is down and being sin-binned by the ref for doing...

OSLO: Statoil will invest about 2 billion Norwegian crowns ($236 million) in building a floating wind farm off the Scottish...

CANBERRA: Australian retail sales have met expectations in September, rising 0.4%. Despite coming in line with expectations, the annual increase...

CANBERRA: Fitch Ratings expects major Australian bank profit growth to slow as the housing market cools and the economy transitions...

DOHA: Qatargas announced that its Boil-Off Gas (JBOG) recovery facility has safely recovered approximately 535,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Natural...

KUWAIT: KIPCO – the Kuwait Projects Company – has announced a net profit of KD 37.2 million (US$ 123.1 million)...

KUWAIT: Customs detectives found one kilogram of Hashish near the inspection area of Abdali border crossing. Detectives believe that a...

CANBERRA: Australia’s trade deficit narrowed sharply in September, declining to $2.317 billion. The figure, smaller than the downwardly revised $2.711...

JAKARTA: The government plans to attract investments worth Rp 130 trillion (US$9.6 billion) to border areas in the next five...

HANOI: Masan Beverage Ltd, part of consumer goods-to-financial services conglomerate Masan Group, will pick 65 per cent stake in Quang...

HANOI:  Profitability of domestic commercial banks has reduced compared to previous years due to rising risk provisions for non-performing loans,...