International Customs

DOHA: QNB reported a 10% jump in net profit to QR5.6bn in the first six months of this year on...

Taiwan export orders fall to $36.58b for third straight month

TAIPEI: Export orders last month declined for a third straight month to US$36.58 billion as a faltering global economy curtailed...

Singapore Customs seizes 2,300 trademark-infringing goods

SINGAPORE: Singapore Customs seized more than 2,300 trademark-infringing goods from a Kaki Bukit Avenue warehouse. It said in a press...

HK Customs seizes 1100 bottles of fake Bioderma cleansing water

HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs agents have confiscated hundreds of bottles of fake Bioderma cleansing water and arrested 16 suspects....

Nigerian poultry prices rise 28.5% after anti-smuggling operation

ABUJA: Prices of foreign poultry have risen by 28.5 per cent in Nigeria after the Customs Service launched 'Operation Hawk...

Sri Lanka to blacklist import, export firms for violating Customs law

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan exporters and importers who break the rules will be blacklisted for life once better systems that improve...

Indian customs claims increase in gold smuggling from Dubai

DUBAI: There has been an increase in arrests this year of passengers from Dubai smuggling gold into India as airport...

Indian police arrests 2 for smuggling 28kg ganja

VELLORE: The Government Railway Police attached to Jolarpet Railway Junction on Tuesday arrested two persons in the possession of 28...

India’s 12 major ports added 71 MT capacities in Modi Govt’s first year

NEW DELHI: India's 12 major ports added more capacity in the first year of the Narendra Modi government than they...

Greece’s Tax revenues miss target by 2.3 bln in H1

ATHENS: The black hole in tax revenues for the first half of the year came to 2.3 billion euros, while...

Polish Unemployment rate at 10.3% in June

WARSAW: Poland’s unemployment rate stood at 10.3 percent at the end of June compared with 10.8 percent a month before,...

Poland’s Pengab falls to 19.6 pts

WARSAW: The Pengab index, which measures conditions in the banking industry, declined by 1.1 points month-to-month to 19.6 points in...

Polsih PZU to buy 25.25% stake in Alior Bank for PLN 1.635 billion

WARSAW: Poland's top insurer PZU may take over Bank BPH, a unit of General Electric, by end-2015 and later consider...

Swiss Panalpina Q2 net forwarding revenue down at CHF 1.44 bln

BERN: H1 net is forwarding revenue 2,941.4 million Swiss francs ($3.07 billion) versus 3,230.5 million Swiss francs year ago. H1...

Swiss company Aryzta buy La Rousse Foods

BERN: Aryzta, the Swiss-based company, with Irishman Owen Killian at the helm, has bought La Rousse Foods, a premium foodservice...

Gold prices fail to hold above $1,100/oz amid tepid physicals demand

BERN: Gold prices have dropped further on Wednesday’s morning session despite a weaker dollar while physicals demand remained stagnant. Spot...

Swiss blue-chip SMI index sees 0.3% lower opening at 9,454pts

BERN: The Swiss blue-chip SMI index was seen opening 0.3 percent lower at 9,454 points on Tuesday, according to pre-market...

Dutch Ministry signals award of huge lock contract

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

Hungarian Tokaj Kereskedőház to invest HUF 1.8 bln in bottling plant

BUDAPEST: State-owned wine company Tokaj Kereskedőház plans to build a HUF 1.8 bln bottling plant this year, CEO Enikő Kirőly...

Hungarian BUX index finishes down 0.90% at 22,374.16 Wednesday