International Customs

HARARE: The fertiliser industry is lobbying government to impose a 25 percent duty on compound or basal fertilisers in order...

DOHA: The long-awaited GCC customs union became fully operational from January. The move signifies a qualitative leap towards a full-fledged regional...

SINGAPORE:Dubai Customs has implemented the GCC-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which provides for the full exemption of customs duties for products...

KIEV: The number of trucks carried via sea freight to Ukraine from Turkey's ports of clearances in the province of...

JAKARTA: Giant miner PT Freeport Indonesia has secured assurance from the government that it can continue exporting copper concentrate, despite...

COLOMBO: India Customs Department Officials have seized around 500 grams of gold from two Sri Lankan women who had arrived...

NAIROBI: Kenya Power plans to outsource the entire metering process as part of its strategy to enhance service delivery to...

NAIROBI: The bank has singled out growing investments and opportunities for trade between Kenya and China as a key economic...

SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand banking group has announced plans to issue $750 million of capital notes in what is...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs smashed a syndicate suspected of cross-boundary smuggling of mobile phones here the other day. Hong...

TAIPEI: Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), a CDMA 2000 and a 4G operator in Taiwan, suffered pre-tax losses of NT$10.207 billion...

KUWAIT CITY:  Kuwait Customs officers of Shuwaikh Port have seized 19,000 ‘Black Label’ liquor bottles, 14,400. cans of Henkel beer,...

CAPE TOWN: Namibian power utility NamPower is currently exporting electricity to its South African counterpart Eskom, which is struggling to...

HANOI: The Business Climate Index, a barometer of the business sentiment among European companies operating in Vietnam, rose slightly in...

COLOMBO: Indian police seized 72 bundles of illicit ganja worth Rs 144 crore and nabbed three smugglers including two Sri...

HANOI: The Ministry of Transport is calling on the private sector to invest in new ports and plans to pull...

KATHMANDU: The world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – a special category of developing nations created by the General Assembly...

SINGAPORE: Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers have seized two bundles of heroin weighing about 950gm and clutched two Malaysians...

KAMPALA: Hundreds of endangered animals are killed for ivory around the world and this nasty practice is still continues. The...

MANAMA: Kuwait and Bahrain anti-narcotics police have foiled a drug-smuggling network in sting operation here the other day. They foiled...