International Customs

HANOI: Vietnam’s import tax on complete built-up units from ASEAN was reduced to zero percent as from Jan. 1 this...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa's real GDP growth rate accelerated at a 3.1% quarter-on-quarter SAAR during the fourth quarter of 2017,...

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch animal welfare party submitted draft legislation proposing to ban all slaughter of animals without stunning.The Party for...

KABUL:  Kyrgyz anti-drug police foiled drug trafficking channel from Afghanistan to Canada through the territory of Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek). The perpetrators...

TAIPEI: Police said Monday they have arrested three Taiwanese women for allegedly attempting to smuggle gold worth around 50 million...

AMMAN: The Kingdom's public debt by the end of January, 2018 was estimated at JD27.443 billion, constituting 95.6 per cent...

DOHA: Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani said yesterday that the Qatari economy...

KATHMANDU:  42 calves from being smuggled to Nepal through Lakhimpur forest areas and arrested two people while six others managed...

MUSCAT: Seventeen (17) individuals have been arrested on narcotics charges in Oman, with 700 packets of khat seized, according to...

WARSAW: Poland's leading gas company, PGNiG, has agreed with Pakistan's Mari Petroleum Company to cooperate on upstream projects, PGNiG said...

ATHENS: The death toll in the incident of the sinking of a boat at off a Greek island in the...

HANOI: The General Department of Vietnam Customs and the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia agreed to enhance...

ROME,: Italian sales abroad and imports both fell in January compared to the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics...

OSLO: Norwegian retail sales will probably grow by 3.0 percent on a nominal basis in 2018, below a September forecast...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina plans to import around 9 million barrels of gasoline in April, unchanged from the estimate for...

COPENGAHEN: The vision to set new standards for cost-competitive renewable heat and power production became a reality today with the...

BERLIN: Germany and other members of the G20 group of major economies warned against protectionism at a G20 meeting in...

WILLING TON: New Zealand dollar pared overnight gains against the greenback in thin trading as markets focus on the upcoming...

TOKYO: Japan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports rose to a one-year high in February, trade data from the Ministry of...

KUWAIT CITY:  Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan tumbled in February and went down for the first time in 14 months...