International Customs

TORONTO:  As many as 500 Asian women were allegedly smuggled into the country to take part in a Canada-wide prostitution...

MONTREAL: A US Customs and Border Protection officer at the Montreal CBP Preclearance facility administered lifesaving CPR to a 65-year-old...

LOS ANGLES: US Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Lewiston port of entry seized loose-leaf tobacco valued at...

NEW YORK: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as part of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), began a...

TOKYO: Japan started providing up to Yen 877.8 billion ($7.98 billion) shipping insurance cover for tankers carrying Iranian crude for...

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina is expected to import around 11 million barrels of gasoline in April, up 2.15 million barrels...

WARSAW: The Magdalena Polan, an economic institution in Poland, stated that the Polish GDP will increase by 3.5% in 2015....

WARSAW: The research institute SAMAR stated that Polish new car registrations fell 4% to 38,355 for a second straight month...

NEW DELHI: Indian customs has arrested two persons for allegedly trying to smuggle about three kilograms of gold, worth Rs...

OSLO: Norway says it intends to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a prospective founding member in a move...

BRUSSELS: Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is establishing a vaccine research center in Rockville that it expects will bring 600 jobs to...

BRUSSELS: A gang of smugglers was found with £95,000 of illicit tobacco in a swoop by customs officers. Grimsby man...

TAIPEI: A heavy-lift vessel belonging to Chinese state-owned ZPMC is reported to have been chartered by the Taiwanese government to...

KIEV: Ukraine said it expects to sign a new agreement by mid-April for the supply of natural gas from Russia...

BRUSSELS: The port of Antwerp handled 199,012,082 tonnes of freight in 2014, a rise of 4.3% compared with the previous...

NEW DELHI: Indian Visakhapatnam port has handled 58.2 million tonnes of cargo during 2014-15, less than 58.5 million tonnes handled...

KIEV: Ukraine's imports of strawberries reached 7-year low in 2014 after a fall of 74% year-on-year. Greece traditionally led in...

CANBEERA: The free trade agreement between India and Australia that is expected to be signed by end of this year...

BEIJING: China and Japan reported depressing industrial data, adding to pressure on leaders of the world's second- and third-largest economies...

TOKYO: The Japanese unit of German auto giant BMW started selling its i3 electric models on Amazon.co.jp. The high-end automaker's...