International Customs

AMSTERDAM: The European Union has come up with a plan to eradicate tax evasion by investigating existing rules that allow multinationals...

JOHANNESBURG: In December, South Africa's market sales were down 0.2 per cent, and rose 3.1 per cent in the three months...

MANILA: Finance Secretary, Cesar Purisima, has praised the efforts of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in making electronic filing...

MADRID:  Spain has accused 700 HSBC account holders in tax evasion amnesty. The two high-level tax officials under former prime...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka customs planned to introduce a programme to deliver goods sent by immigrant workers to their homes. The...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti Customs has arrested a bedoun for possessing drugs, officials said here the other day. The man was...

CANBERRA: Australian customs has said that our just 10 taxes raised 90% of all tax revenue. The Australian company tax...

DOHA: The Dubai Police recently arrested three suspects and foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs, including 26kg of hashish, to...

DOHA: The net profit of the shareholders of Damaan Islamic Insurance’s (Beema) touched QR40m for the full-year 2014, up from...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs mounted a series of special operations from December last year to January this year at...

NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India has relieved gold import rules to counter the fast growing smuggling in the country....

JAKARTA: Telkom is set to support Indonesia's maritime sector by providing Digital Support Solutions for seaports throughout Indonesia. Muhammad Awaluddin,...

ROME: With the euro at a seven year low against the pound and prime prices in some parts of Italy...

SINGAPORE: Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers and Customs Department seized 1,205 cartons of contraband cigarettes and 135kg of chewing...

SEOUL: South Korean customs office has showed that grapefruit imports totaled 19,491 tonnes worth US$14.39 million in 2014. The figures...

TEHRAN: Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) has exceeded in trade for the first time at Tehran’s Stock Exchange (TSE). According to...

DHAKA: Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) is likely to elect Matlub Ahmed, industrialist and chairman of...

AMSTERDAM: The first propane cargo from the 200,000 b/d Nederland export terminal in Texas completed loading on the vessel Captain...

AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam is the biggest hub in northwest Europe for clean petroleum products (CPP) tank storage, having just over 6...

BRUSSELS: The European Union aims to start lending funds to small and medium-sized companies as soon as May under a...