International Customs

ALBERTA: Three people have been charged and 200 marijuana plants seized after a month-long investigation into an illegal marijuana business...

Venezuela asks suppliers to submit offers to sell light crude through contracts

CARACAS: Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has asked oil suppliers to submit offers to sell the South American country up to...

Guyana businessmen’s uncertainty contributing to economic downturn: Greenidge

GEORGETOWN: Businessmen’s uncertainty and lack of trust in the economy is a contributing factor to the economic downturn currently being...

Guyana re-opens 3 commercial estates land to investors in Lethem

LETHEM: Lands identified in Lethem for the establishment of three commercial estates are now re-opened to investors for development. Go-Invest...

Brazil begins exporting soy from new Northeast terminal

BRASILIA: Two soybean cargoes have recently departed from a new terminal in northeast Brazil operated by VLI and local trader...

Brazil extends aluminum imports tariff exemption until August 17, 2016

BRASILIA: Brazil has renewed for another year the import tariff exemption on primary aluminium, as falling local production proves insufficient...

US customs arrests Mexian model with cocaine worth $134K

PHOENIX: A jetsetting model’s over-the-top flirting tipped off federal border patrol officers, who discovered $134,000 in cocaine hidden in her...

Cuba, Mexico to enhance sugar industry

HAVANA: The Second Technical Meeting ATAM-ATAC to exchange on the sugar sector between Cuba and Mexico held in Havana with...

Spain to invest €40m to promote business projects in Cuba

HAVANA: The Spanish Development Finance Company (COFIDES by its Spanish acronym) has launched a financing facility to promote projects of...

Marriott Hotels ready to do business in Cuba

HAVANA: President and CEO of Marriott International, Inc., Arne M. Sorenson, states in his blog that this hotel chain is...

Poland’s corporate conditions leading index 0.6pts slips in July

WARSAW: Poland's WWK composite corporate leading sentiment indicator declined by 0.6 pts month on month in July to 158.1 pts,...

EU approves Hungary’s HUF 342 bln public administration program

BUDAPEST: The European Commission has approved Hungaryʼs European Union funding allocation program for HUF 342 bln of developments in public...

Jordan’s Custosms submits 32 reports on suspected human trafficking to PSD unit

AMMAN: Jordan Customs, Tamkeen for Legal Aid and Human Rights has submitted 32 complaints by guest workers to the Public...

Jordan financial burden may not affect UNRWA services

AMMAN: Jordan said on Sunday any financial burdens or cut in budgets should not affect services offered by UNRWA to...

Jordanian PM launches €16m sulfur factory in Zarqa

AMMAN: Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, on Monday, launched a 16-million-euro sulfur factory designed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from the...

Jordanian SSC approves loan worth JD1 million to Ad-Dustour daily

AMMAN: The Social Security Corporation (SSC) approved a JD1 million as a loan to the financially troubled Ad-Dustour daily, where...

Spain urges to raise energy taxes for 2015

MADRID: The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report that Spain needs to reform energy taxation and introduce...

Finland to support African International tax reforms

HELSINKI: The Finnish tax authority signed a co-operation pact with the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), to support African tax...

Scorpio Tankers buys MR product tanker worth $37.1m

ATHENS: Continuing its march into the medium-range (MR) market, Scorpio Tankers has agreed to buy a secondhand MR product tanker...

Greece, Iran bilateral Trade to reach €3bln: Official