International Customs

CAPE TOWN:  South Africa’s cabinet may expand the basket of zero-rated value-added tax (VAT) items after it was hiked by...

AMSTERDAM: Wolters Kluwer N.V. is on the hunt for acquisitions in the U.S. following the federal tax overhaul, according to...

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s export orders in January grew at their fastest pace in nearly a year, exceeding expectations, on strong global...

KABUL: The leaders of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan celebrated with the foreign minister of India the completion of the Turkmen...

AMMAN:  Publishers and writers on Wednesday urged the government to rescind its decision to impose a 10 per cent sales...

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s government has agreed with Kurdish regional authorities to resume Kirkuk oil exports through Turkey’s Ceyhan port soon, Prime...

DOHA: Qatar's trade surplus witnessed a sharp jump year-on-year in January 2018, reflecting upon the fact that Qatar has successfully...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has a desire to furthering its political partnership with Ethiopia in regional and international issues, Kuwaiti Ambassador...

 MUSCAT: All taxis in Oman will soon be required to have meters, according to Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim Al...

MADRID: The Spanish government aims to finalize its 2018 budget proposal by March 23 at the latest, Prime Minister Mariano...

WARSAW:  Doctors in Poland say they have successfully completed Europe's first transplant of a sciatic nerve from a deceased donor....

LISBON: Portugal’s 2011-14 debt crisis now firmly behind it, signs of an economic resurgence have boosted confidence in the country’s...

HELSINKI: Experts of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have suggested that Finland should give up the plan...

ATHENS:Greece entered a last round of reform talks with creditors Monday, just five months before the country’s massive rescue program...

KIEV: The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) has ruled that the taxation of pensions in Ukraine is unconstitutional. "The Constitutional...

HANOI: Vietnam warned the United States today to ''carefully'' consider an eventual cut in its steel and aluminum imports from...

OSLO:  Norway exported 291 tonnes of fresh salmon to China last week, up from 192 tonnes the previous week, recovering...

JAKARTA; Indonesia exported 4,042.1 tonnes of coffee beans from Lampung province in February, local government data showed on Thursday, a...

BERLIN: German Federal Labor Agency (BA) on Wednesday, about 2.55 million people were registered as jobless, which was 216,000 fewer...

WILLING TON: A combination of strong global demand and a boost in volume available has helped New Zealand King Salmon...