International Customs

KIEV: Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukrainian milling wheat at a tender at...

SEOUL:  German carmaker Volkswagen AG , rocked by a diesel emissions scandal that erupted on Sept 18, saw its sales...

WASHINGTON: LNG imports by Asian buyers fell 1.2% year on year to 13.22 million mt in September as those in...

TOKYO:  Japan's inflation-adjusted gross domestic product grew 0.4% on the month in August, expanding for a third straight month, estimates...

TOKYO: Many Japanese regional banks are poised to exceed their first-half profit forecasts after strong results in the first quarter,...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s first business social media survey launched Four independent, national businesses have joined forces to determine how successful...

SEOUL: South Korean pear exporters will resume shipments to Australia after the ban on pear exports was lifted on Sunday,...

CANBERRA: Australian low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar has launched international service from Australia’s East Coast Townsville International Airport to Denpasar, Bali,...

OSLO: Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor wants to sell its 33-percent stake in Vimpelcom , currently valued at $2.3 billion, the...

TAIPEI: Taiwan is expected to rank as Japan’s seventh-biggest source of imports this year, up from 11th last year, a...

ABUJA: The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service...

CHENNAI: In a major crackdown on gold smuggling, 31.75kg of gold worth Rs80.43 million was seized from 10 passengers who...

OSLO: Eltel has agreed to acquire VETE Signaltjenester AS in Norway. VETE is a recognized player in the Norwegian railway...

BERLIN: Littler Mendelson has merged with German labor and employment boutique vangard, adding 21 attorneys to its staff, the firm...

ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, Lagos, has intercepted 5,020 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry products with...

NEW DELHI: Customs preventive officers on Friday arrested two more persons in connection with the seizure of 41 gold bars...

CANBERRA: The 12-nation Pacific free trade deal could add an extra $US2.6 billion ($A3.67 billion) to Australia's agricultural exports. Farmers...

BERLIN: German factory orders unexpectedly fell in August in a sign that Europe’s largest economy is vulnerable to weaker growth...

SYDNEY: Australia's central bank has left its official interest rates at a record low two-percent for the fifth straight month...

BERLIN: Environmental group Greenpeace is exploring funding options to buy Vattenfall's lignite business in eastern Germany in a bid to...