International Customs

BERLIN:  Hundreds of hunting trophies from endangered species were imported in Germany with government's approval in 2017, magazine Spiegel reported...

BAGHDAD: Saudi Arabia's strong commitment to the OPEC agreement to limit crude production may have helped some of its rival...

HANOI: Vietnam exported bigger amounts of coal in 2017, although its coal output dropped by over 180,000 tons against 2016,...

KABUL:  The majority of the population in Afghanistan is insecure from the perspective of both food consumption and coping capacity....

OLSO: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on 3 January that it had suspended export licences for weapons...

DOHA: One farm’s ambition to supply all of the dairy for Qatar’s 2.6 million people is becoming a reality. Baladna...

JAKARTA: Despite failing to achieve revenue collection targets last year, the Indonesian Government has set an ambitious goal for 2018...

ROME: The Italian plastic and rubber machinery manufacturing sector is set to post 5 percent growth for the year 2017,...

MANILA:  PhilippinesAn economic growth of at least seven percent is possible for the Philippines this year as the new tax...

TOKYO: Last December 14th, Japanese law enforcers arrested three men in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, including Yuzuru Yachida, 47, the...

CAPETWON: Sumggling of onion and apples from South Africa is depriving the fiscus of millions of dollars worth of potential...

LISBON: Portugal's political parties have said they will review a decision to award themselves a broad tax rebate and scrap...

ATHENS: The Greek government appears to have put the country’s economy firmly on track to recover in recent months as...

BANGKOK: Thailand's rice exports are expected to ease this year from an expected record high of 11.2-11.3 million tonnes in...

MUSCAT: Notes to be issued under the new global MTN programme will constitute direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the...

BERLIN: German tax investigators have seized goods and accounts of about 100 Chinese online retailers selling products via Amazon.com Inc...

WILLINGTON: Earlier this year the government of New Zealand announced that vaping products were in the process of being legalized,...

BRASILA: Brazil’s cotton output in the 2016-17 season increased 18.6 per cent year-on-year to 1.529 million tons, pushed up by...

TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities are investigating a local fishing company owner who is suspected of helping arrange the transfer of fuel...

MUMBAI: With the income tax department slapping tax notices on almost five lakh high net worth individuals transacting in bitcoin,...