International Customs

TOKYO:  Japan’s economy is gathering steam, profits are at record levels and companies are poised to raise wages  yet retailers...

WARSAW: Poland’s foreign trade surplus stood at 1.81 billion euros ($2.20 billion) in the first 11 months of 2017, the...

LISBON:  Portuguese bank Banco Santander Totta which is a branch of the Spanish bank Santander has been reported to be...

ATHENS: Bank of Greece governor, Yiannis Stournaras, told a gathering of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) last month. However,...

HELESINKI: The extend reassessment notice from the Finnish tax authority entails a demand for payment of approximately EUR 6.1 million...

KHATMANDU: As the government has been implementing the 90 per cent coverage area of pictorial health warning (PHW) on packets...

MADRID: Spain's export of fresh produce to the UK fell by 2% in both volume and value in the nine...

HANOI:  Although feed demand in 2017 fell by 15% year on year in Vietnam, it will increase in 2018 due...

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has responded to the continuous rise in the price of medium-grade rice by announcing the import...

BERLIN: The German State collected more tax from smokers in 2017 than in 2016, figures released by the Federal Statistical...

BRASILA: The recovery in commodity prices and a record crop led Brazil's Balance of Trade to achieve the biggest annual...

TAIPEI: Taiwan have decided to freeze the assets of a local businessman suspected of involvement in illegal oil transfers to...

SEOL: South Korea's cigarette exports rose to a record high last year on the back of growing demand from Southeast...

BANGKOK: Three elephant tusks and 31 ivory pieces weighing a combined 148 kilograms were seized at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in...

MUMBAI: Indian companies with a substantial presence in the US are making changes following new tax rules that came into...

MUMBAI: India’s second-biggest IT services exporter Infosys Ltd posted a 38.3 percent jump in third-quarter profit, helped by tax benefits...

AMMAN:  The number of customs-cleared hybrid vehicles in Jordan increased by 19.3 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016, a...

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed not to raise taxes if they form...

ROME:  Italy and Iran on Thursday signed a framework credit agreement to fund investments worth up to 5 billion euros...

TAIPEI: Compared to countries where the idea of universal basic income (UBI), regular cash payments made to every citizen with...