International Customs

DHAKA: Rice imports in the private sector fell in the last one month amid the government's move to withdraw the...

16kg ganja, gold ornaments seized at Indo-Bangladesh border

KOLKATA: The Border Security Force (BSF) seized a kilogram of gold ornaments and nearly 16 kg of marijuana (ganja) close...

SA revenue authority seizes gold bars, copper worth Rs24m at Limpopo border

HARARE: SA Revenue Services (SARS) and the police seized gold bars and copper worth over R24 million near the Beitbridge...

Korean govt plans to grab direct foreign investment

SEOUL: Last week, the Korean government announced plans to attract more foreign direct investment by more than 50 percent in...

India’s trade union threatens to go on strike against Cochin Port Trust

NEW DELHI: Port workers under the aegis of different trade unions have threatened to go on strike against what they...

Indian customs seizes 8 gold biscuits worth Rs 47 lakh at Karipur airport

KOZHIKODE: Gold biscuits worth Rs 47 lakh were recovered in two separate seizures and one passenger was arrested by the...

Canada customs scrutinizes cargos for anti-drug smuggling measures

OTTAWA: Sitting inside a large-scale imaging machine at Deltaport, a Canada Border Services agent carefully examines the computer screen in...

Jamaica customs surpasses revenue targets

KINGSTON: Jamaica Customs Agency is reporting that just a little over a month into the new financial year, it has...

Oman’s insurance sector up 10% to RO396.5m last year

MUSCAT: Total premiums in Oman's insurance sector increased ten per cent to RO396.5mn in 2014, compared with RO359.9mn in the...

Fragile Greece economy dips back into recession, as contracts by 0.2% in Q1 of 2015

ATHENS: Greece officials, scrambling to reach a bailout deal with international creditors, confirmed new fears of an economic slowdown, with...

Neinor invests €1,000m in land in Spain

MADRID: Neinor Homes is investing as much as 1,000 million euros in land in Spain with the intention of launching...

Fitch advice, Poland to cut debt levels to improve rating

WARSAW: Poland needs to cut public debt levels in order to secure credit rating upgrade as deficits to the tune...

EBRD raises Polish 2015 growth forecast to 3.4% y/y

WARSAW: The EBRD hiked its forecast for Polish economic growth in 2015 to 3.4% from a 3.0% forecast issued in...

MOL calculates dividend as HUF 485.5 per share

BUDAPEST: Hungarian oil and gas company MOL yesterday said a dividend it will pay stakeholders on last yearʼs earnings amounts...

CIG Pannonia premiums revenue reaches HUF 4.1b

BUDAPEST: CIG Pannonia saw a year-on-year rise of 10% on its gross revenue in the first quarter from premiums, reaching...

South African Chamber of Mines: 38% of members meet criteria

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Chamber of Mines said on Friday that 38 percent of its members had met the government's requirement...

Pretoria’s Mayor rubbishes R1.2bn smart meter loss

PRETORIA: Tshwane Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa has denied allegations that the city would lose R1.2 billion following the termination of a...

Chinese tourists in Portugal up 50% in 2014: Customs

LISBON: The number of Chinese tourists visiting Portugal was almost 50 percent up in 2014 compared with the year before,...

UNRWA raises budget for 2015 to $140 million

ZARQA: The budget of the UNRWA office in Jordan has increased from $85 million to $140 million in 2015 in...

Jordan’s reliance on green energy to 11% in 2015