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
India sets customs clearance facility at ports to ease trade
NEW DELHI: The government has set up Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees (CCFCs) at ports to ensure expeditious customs clearance...
US judge orders Petrobras to prepare for $98b lawsuit over corruption scheme
NEW YORK: A US judge has told Petrobras bosses to prepare for a $98bn lawsuit over allegations that executives at...
Ukraine plans to import 16.5 MCM of gas from Slovakia
KIEV: Ukraine will take about 21 per cent more gas from Slovakia to boost deliveries to underground storage after the...
3 drug traffickers jailed for 10 years, fined Dh50,000 each
DUBAI: Three airline passengers accused of attempt to transit through the Dubai International Airport with 5.2kg of cocaine were convicted....
Vietnam’s electronics exports from Asia rises by 17% in 2010-14
HANOI: Vietnam’s electronics sector is becoming a force in Asia. While electronics exports from Asia rose by 17 percent between...
Japanese grapes sell for record $11,000
TOKYO: A bunch of Japanese grapes has sold for a record one million yen (S$11,000), or US$315 (S$425) per berry...
South Korea’s imports of golf products drop 10.6% in H1 of 2015
SEJONG: South Korea’s imports of golf products dropped 10.6 percent on-year in the first half of 2015, mainly due to...
New Zealand wool prices ease in first sale of 2015/16 season as demand weaken
WELLINGTON: New Zealand wool prices eased in the first sale of the new 2015/16 season as demand weakened. The price...
ETI Dynamics declare $100m partnership with New Zealand’s Greenhouse Capital
WELLINGTON: ETI Dynamics, the London/New Delhi based cleantech and green infrastructure investors, today announced a $100 mn partnership with New...
New Zealand’s CPI expected to rise by 0.7% quarterly
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s annual inflation rate slowed to near-zero in the March quarter, as low underlying inflation was compounded by...
Export Council of Australia wants to invest in trade promotion
CANBERRA: A couple of years ago the Export Council of Australia began to look at what other countries were doing...
Kochi Air Customs foils bid to smuggle 1500kg gold at airport
KOCHI: Constable Basheer had worked at the immigration wing as a security assistant from 2011 to April, 2015, but got...
Mexico’s Permex ramps up gasoline imports after fuel shortages
MEXICO CITY: Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex is ramping up gasoline imports and boosting domestic production at two major refineries...
Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil looking at supplying refined oil products to Australia
CANBERRA: The Singapore-based international trading arm of Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil is looking at supplying refined oil products to Australia...
Oman’s company posts net profit RO3.1mn for 1st half of 2015
MUSCAT: Kick-starting the second-quarter earnings season, Al Omaniya Financial Services Co reported a 6.2 per cent rise in net profit...
Australia listed satellite Internet Company buys assets from troubled NewSat Ltd
CANBERRA: Australia-listed satellite Internet Company SpeedCast International Ltd bought land, buildings and equipment from rival NewSat Ltd, handing the embattled...
Bangladesh’s trade deficit with India over $4b: Commerce Minister
DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has claimed Bangladesh gains from its trade deficit with India. He, however, offered no explanation. “The...
3 members of drug-trafficking ring sentence to jail for smuggling cocaine
CARACAS: Three members of a drug-trafficking ring were sentenced to prison after they admitted to smuggling into the US $6.5million...
Indonesian court gives life sentence to Lithuanian for smuggling 3.2kg meth
JAKARTA: The Medan District Court in North Sumatra sentenced a Lithuanian man here the other day, Verikas Mindaugas, to life...
Qatar’s healthcare expenditure enhance to QR19bn in 2015
DOHA: Qatar’s spending will remain “elevated” in the healthcare sector given the country’s substantial reserves with BMI Research projecting an...
