International Customs

KIEV: After almost a third of the Ukrainian apple harvest was wiped out by frosts in May 2017, growers are...

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s exports increased by 13 percent in the first half of Fiscal Year 2017/18, datae from the Department of Customs...

SEOUL: North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to...

MUMBAI: International branded toys are all set to become costlier in India, with the government hiking customs duty on toys...

KABUL: Afghanistan and Indonesia have been enhancing during the last three years of National Unity Government (NUG), the visit of...

TAIPEI: Taiwan was listed 13th in the 2018 global rankings for economic freedom, a fall of two places from last...

MANILA:  The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion’s (Train) first package promised citizens higher take-home pay through the reduction of personal income...

ROME: The 2017 was a record year for Italy in terms of money raised from fighting tax evasion, authorities said...

DOHA: Some one million American jobs depend on business with Qatar, and Qatar Airways, the country’s fast growing national carrier,...

BAGHDAD: Iraq shipped a record 3.55 MMbopd from Basra, the country’s southern outlet to the Persian Gulf, in January, according...

 AMMAN: Jordanians demonstrated in central Amman on Thursday to protest a raft of recent economic decisions by the government, including...

ATHENS: Commission mission chief for Greece’s bailout program, Declan Costello (photo), reportedly confirmed that a “firm supervisory framework for many...

CAPE TWON: South Africa is planning to diversify its energy portfolio, replacing coal with lower CO2-emitting fuels such as natural...

MADRID: The EU has almost doubled its watermelon imports over the last decade. Prices have also increased, from €0.387/kilo 10...

BERLIN: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday warned the financial sector that it had a responsibility to prevent speculation and...

WILLING TON: The cost for travellers to enter New Zealand is set to drop as plans to decrease the border travel levy...

SEOUL: The deepening selloff in cryptocurrencies has just claimed another victim: Bitcoin’s kimchi premium Prices for the virtual currency in...

KIEV: Ukraine continues stepping up export supplies of corn starch. The pace of Ukrainian corn starch exports still quickened in...

BRUSSELS: Concerns in Brussels about Ireland’s corporate tax regime have abated as a result of reforms introduced by the government,...

BRASILIA: Brazilian seafood imports continued to rise last year, but the ongoing economic crisis is slowing seafood consumption growth in...