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
Zimbabwean businesses owe more than $1b in tax arrears to government
HARARE: Zimbabwean businesses owe more than $1 billion in tax arrears to the government, double the figure in 2013, the...
Brazil raises BNDES interest rate for 3rd consecutive time
BRASILIA: Brazil's national monetary council raised for the third consecutive time the interest rate at which state development bank BNDES...
Brazil’s Congress approves bill to increase business tax contributions
BRASILIA: The Brazilian Congress approved a measure that will increase business tax contributions between 1 percent and 3 percent. The...
US dollar falls short to bring positive effect on Brazilian steel export: trader
BRASILIA: The US dollar's considerable strengthening against major currencies has not been enough to bring a positive effect on exports...
Zamco absorbs about $100m of $750m non-performing loans in banking sector
HARARE: The Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (Zamco) has absorbed about $100 million of the $750 million non-performing loans in the...
Washington court order may allow US govt to snatch up 180,000-carat stone and return it to Brazil
WASHINGTON: Brazil gets help from U.S. Justice Department in trying to get stone returned to South America The largest uncut...
RIO Tinto Group plans to buy electricity 1,400-megawatt power plant from $2.1bn Zimbabwe plant
HARARE: RIO Tinto Group, the world’s second-biggest mining company, and RioZim Ltd. are looking for regional utilities to buy electricity...
Brazilian senators travel to Venezuela to promote dialogue
BRASILIA: A group of Brazilian senators has travelled to Venezuela to try to promote dialogue between the country's government and...
Guyana assures US oil firm to continue oil exploration
GEORGETOWN: Venezuela’s recent claim on Guyana’s maritime territory is a “legal absurdity” and US oil firm ExxonMobil will continue to...
US customs seizes narcotics worth of $470K at JFK
NEW YORK: The weekend was a busy one for two U.S. Customs and Border Protection K9s as they sniffed out...
Vietnam okays $16 billion airport
HANOI: The Vietnamese lawmakers have approved to build new $16 billion airport near Ho Chi Minh City to tackle the...
Japan’s trade ministry sells 4.15m barrels of crude from strategic petroleum reserves
TOKYO: Japan’s trade ministry on Thursday sold a total 4.15 million barrels (about 660,000 kilolitres) of crude from the government’s...
South Korea’s finance ministry expand FX borrowing levy to more institutions
SEOUL: South Korea’s finance ministry said Thursday an existing levy on foreign exchange borrowings by banks will now also be...
US federal agents seize $12m worth of cocaine at Red Hook Terminal
NEW YORK: A drug-sniffing dog noticed something fishy about a shipping container that arrived at the Red Hook Terminal from...
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture buys 114,510 tonnes food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 114,510 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and...
Korean Govt decides to inject 300b win of tax money into Korea EximBank
SEOUL: The Korean government decided to inject 300 billion won (US$270.68 million) of taxpayer money to support the Export-Import Bank...
German scam threatening to shut down small New Zealand businesses
BERLIN: A new scam threatening to shut down small New Zealand businesses if they don’t pay up is gaining momentum....
Workers at $10b Roy Hill iron ore mining project owned by Australian billionaire
CANBERRA: Workers at the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mining project owned by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart face a...
Contaminated fuel causes 24 cars to halt on M4 Motorway in Sydney
CANBERRA: Dodgy fuel caused breakdowns en masse on an Australian motorway on Thursday morning. Two dozen cars spluttered to a...
S&P, Moody’s satisfie with perfomance of Qatar industeries
DOHA: International credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services affirmed Industries Qatar’s (IQ) long term rating at “AA-“...
