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
HK Customs seizes 690 counterfeit lanterns worth HKD41,000
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs on Tuesday announced a crackdown on wholesale outlets and shops suspected of selling lanterns that...
Zimbabwe gold miners need $600m to retool over next 5 years
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s loss making large-scale gold producers require an estimated $600 million to recapitalise over the next five years, as...
Malaysian Customs cripples attempt to smuggle 10,200 cartons of Modeng cigarette
SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan Royal Customs Department has crippled an attempt to smuggle 10,200 cartons of Modeng cigarette valued at Rm163,200...
Zimbabwe Meikles Ltd records 20% growth in trading income
HARARE: Meikles Limited has recorded a 20% growth in trading income for the five months to August 31 2015 driven...
Kuwait’s CPI surges by 3.8% in Aug
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s consumer price index (CPI) or inflation rate went up by 3.8 percent last August compared with the same...
Kuwait police nab ganja smuggler
KUWAIT CITY: A key member of a gang that tried to smuggle ganja to Kuwait by hiding the consignment in...
Qatar Business Incubation Center inks deal with AJMN for media businesses
DOHA: Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) and the Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Qatar enjoys highest rate of savings in world
DOHA: H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce announced in New York yesterday that...
SL Customs nabs couple with counterfeit cigarettes
COLOMBO: Two people were arrested at the Katunayake airport with 44,140 sticks of ‘Top Mountain’ brand counterfeit cigarettes. The customs...
Indonesian 2nd economic package to accelerate domestic investment
JAKARTA: The government on Tuesday announced the second economic package, which contained new policies to accelerate domestic investment in a...
Acer downplays plans to cut jobs
TAIPEI: Acer Inc yesterday downplayed concern about possible retrenchments, after an internal letter from Acer Taiwan operations president Towny Huang...
Taiwan consumer confidence index drops 0.83 points to 85.32
TAIPEI: Consumer confidence dropped slightly this month, weakening for the fifth straight month, as people feel less optimistic about the...
Greek shipowners prepare to weigh anchor on prospect of higher taxes
ATHENS: Many of Greece’s world-leading shipowners are actively exploring options to leave their home country, reacting to the prospect of...
Raul Castro meets US businessmen
HAVANA: Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, held a working meeting at the...
Vietnam police seize Thai vessel for smuggling oil
HANOI: Marine police in southern Vietnam have seized a Thai vessel for smuggling oil in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone. The...
Thai authorities seize assets of officials charged with human smuggling
BANGKOK: Thai authorities seized over $1.5m in assets from officials charged with human trafficking, the government said. The assets included...
Guyana Marriott Hotel expected to record net profit
GEORGETOWN: The wholly government-owned Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) says the Marriott Hotel is expected to record a net profit by...
VW sales 32,000 vehicles with bogus engines in Mexico
MEXICO CITY: Volkswagen Mexico says it sold about 32,000 cars and vans in the country with diesel engines suspected of...
Argentina pledges to 15% cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels,...
Nigeria spends N500b to import paper products: report
ABUJA: There can be no better testimonial of the Federal Government’s bungling of the privatisation of its three paper manufacturing...
