International Customs

AMSTERDAM: The likely contractor for a huge lock project of vital importance to the port of Amsterdam has been announced....

TAIPEI: In a press release, the Taiwan Coast Guard announced that the Tainan-based mobile investigative division of Taiwan's Coast Guard...

JAKARTA: The Indonesian central bank estimated the country's July monthly inflation at 0.76 percent, rising from 0.54 percent in June,...

MANILA: Philippine imports fell year-on- year by 13.4 percent to 4.39 billion U.S. dollars in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority...

ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday said its new anti-smuggling squad “Hawk Descend’’ would dismantle illegal routes within the...

NAIROBI: Kenya’s Energy Ministry and SkyPower Global Ltd. plan to sign an agreement Sunday that paves the way for the...

ATHENS: Greek shipping companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges sank on Monday, though the previous day’s referendum wasn’t the reason...

SOFIA: Bulgarian customs officers have seized 10 African grey parrots which a Bulgarian citizen tried to bring into the country...

HARARE: The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has completed the overhaul of Unit 4 at Hwange Power Station which is now...

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized shipments of “misdeclared” imported sugar worth P34-million here the other day. Customs Deputy...

HARARE: Zimbabwe's PER Lusulu Power has signed an agreement with China State Construction Engineering Corp Ltd to build a coal...

NEW DELHI: In a predawn operation, the Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) nabbed 22 red sanders smuggling operatives...

BANGKOK: Thailand has said it would indict 72 people, including a senior army officer, over human trafficking after the plight...

ROME: Economic growth in Italy remains “fragile,” cautioned business group Confcommercio on Thursday even as Confindustria, representing major employers, expressed...

OSLO: Norwegian intelligence agencies should be given wide-ranging permission to gather data from electronic communications to prevent terrorism and espionage,...

AMSTERDAM: CSM Bakery Solutions, the business-to-business bakery supplier, is moving its global headquarters from the Netherlands to the US. The...

BERLIN: Eric Schweitzer, president of the German Chamber of Commerce (DIHK), says his country plans to double trade with Iran...

BRUSSELS: Xoom Corporation XOOM, -0.48% a leading digital money transfer provider, has expanded its service to include Austria, Belgium, Greece...

LONG BEACH: Nearly 4,000 counterfeit Hermes belts were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists at...

ATHENS: Two offshore support vessels and six low-end vessels owned by subsidiaries of Malaysia-listed Coastal Contracts have been sold to...