International Customs

GEORGETOWN: Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries say they will give urgent attention to a request from Cuba for additional preferential access...

Venezuela, US, BRICS should work together to find energy solution

CARACAS: The high cost of electricity produced by oil has been a major factor constraining economic growth in most Caribbean...

US customs: Singer to return to court on May 01

NEW YORK: An American entertainer, who was charged for cocaine smuggling after being held at the Sangster International Airport last...

US customs, FURA seize 149 pounds cocaine near Desecheo

AGUADILLA: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine agents, and Puerto Rico Police Department Joint...

Saudi Arabia imposes ban on poultry meat import from Canada

OTTAWA: Saudi Arabia, the world's second largest importer of chicken meat and eggs, has banned the import of those products...

India hikes customs duty on sugar from 25% to 40%

NEW DELHI: To help cash-starved sugar mills clear dues worth Rs 21,000 crore to farmers, the Indian government hiked import...

Wärtsilä 50DF inaugurates 573MW world largest power plant

AMMAN: The inauguration of IPP3, the world's largest internal combustion engine (ICE) power plant, takes place today at the plant...

Jordanian’s authorities to reduce tax by 12.5% on 2500cc cars

AMMAN: Authorities are considering the option of reducing tax rates imposed on hybrid cars imported for the domestic market to...

Portugal’s Customs detains 2 suspects of drug traffickers

LISBON: Portugal's border Customs authority, SEF, has intercepted at Lisbon airport two foreign citizens suspected of drug trafficking, the authority...

South African’s number of liquidated businesses rises to 208 in March

JOHANNESBURG: The senior manager for economic services at Credit Guarantee Luke Doig said that the number of liquidated businesses rose...

Hungarian MNB extends FGS credit to construction of homes for sale

BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has changed its Funding for Growth Scheme (FGS) to give companies access to...

Hungary’s V4 envoys highlight importance of cooperation

BUDAPEST: The Visegrád Four is an effective and useful tool for strengthening and coordinating its membersʼ national standpoints in forums...

Hungarys’ Magyar Földgáztároló begins gas pumping at 1.2m cubic a day

BUDAPEST: Gas storage company Magyar Földgáztároló has begun stockpiling gas reserves for next winter, pumping 1.2 million cubic meters a...

Hungarian insurer CIG net loss of HUF 82m, no dividend for shareholders

BUDAPEST: Shareholders of Hungarian insurer CIG Pannonia decided to pay no dividend at an annual general meeting today. CIG Pannonia...

Switzerland 10% percent of farmers penalize for abuses in 2015

BERN: The Direct payments to operators of the country’s 48,500 farms account for up to 90 percent of revenues for...

Poland’s Coal Company JSW to reduce employment for reducing 80% mining cost

WARSAW: Coal extraction company Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) requires several hundred million savings. The company will reduce the number of...

Poland’s Budimex with portfolio worth PLN 2.2b in 2016