International Customs

CAPE TOWN: South Africans selling their homes to emigrate survey asks estate agents to provide estimates as to what the main...

HELSINKI: Finland’s wood imports totalled 0.61 million cubic metres in November 2017. This was the weakest monthly result of 2017...

AMSTERDAM: In the Netherlands and neighbouring countries, the harvest results for outdoor vegetables — particularly compared to the previous season ...

KUWAIT CITY: Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah announced the approval of rectification of...

TAIPEI: Taiwan's exports for January grew from a year earlier, marking the 16th consecutive month in which the country's outbound...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was...

ROME:  Italian economic growth will likely be tempered in coming months, national statistics office ISTAT said on Wednesday. ISTAT said...

WARSAW: Interest rates in Poland probably won't change until the end of 2018, central bank Governor Adam Glapinski said on...

COPENHAGEN: Danish government and a key political party have finally agreed on tax reforms that include incentives for retirement savings....

ATHENS: Greek economy is expected to grow by 2.5 percent this year and in 2019, the European Commission said in...

BERLIN: Germany's center-right and center-left parties both found themselves in the firing line from business leaders for not showing enough courage to move...

OLSO: Norway have signed a new agreement on administrative cooperation on VAT compliance. The agreement was signed on February 6....

WILLING TON: British government body Public Health England has conceded that e-cigarettes are at least 95% less harmful than smoking,...

TOKYO: The nation’s agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports hit a record high in 2017 for the fifth straight year, led...

BRUSSEL: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said traders may now resume importing poultry from Oostkamp and Menen in West Flanders,...

AMSTERDAM: In the Netherlands and neighbouring countries, the harvest results for outdoor vegetables  particularly compared to the previous season  are...

SEOUL: South Korea's exports of agricultural products and food sharply rose in January, aided by a jump in shipments to...

BANGKOK: Thai fishing boat owners who trap workers on board ships and withhold wages often do not realize that is...

MANILA: Philippines is facing no urgency to import rice despite a fall in stocks at the state grains agency to...

AMSTERDAM: Netherlands by the end of this month. Argus reports that RWE plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9,...