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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
OCBC, StarHub ink first bank-telco deal in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Finance Goliath OCBC Bank and telco giant StarHub announced that they will be investing S$6 million over the next...
Japan business activity index dips to 51.0 in August
TOKYO: Japan's services business activity index dipped from 51.6 in August to 51.0 in September. According to IHS Markit, manufacturing...
Malaysia export growth for 2018 to be sustained at 6.5%
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd expects Malaysia’s export growth to be sustained at 6.5%. In an economic update...
Chevron starts LNG output at Australia’s Wheatstone, first cargo expected in weeks
MELBOURNE: Chevron Corp said on Monday it has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its Wheatstone project in Australia,...
FTSE on the defensive as stronger pound drags
LONDON: Britain’s major share index fell behind European peers on Monday as a recovering pound dented performance, and heavyweight mining...
Vietnam timber product exports to hit $8 bln
HANOI: The export of wood and timber products is forecast to bring in US$8 billion in 2017, posting a 17...
Norway’s cod exports hike in September, but pelagics down YOY
OSLO: So far this year Norway has exported 59,000 metric tons of frozen cod, including fillets, worth a total of...
Automotive exports increased by 10% in Turkey
ANKARA: Automotive exports increased by 10 percent Uha Economy News Entry Date: 9.10.2017 12:04 The export of automotive September was...
Germany’s January-August oil import bill up 28%
FRANKFURT: Germany spent 20.6 billion euros ($24.18 billion) on crude oil imports in the first eight months of the year,...
US imposes 300% import tariff on Bombardier
WASHINGTON: The US Chamber of Commerce has rejected an appeal against the huge tariffs it has imposed on Bombardier in...
Sri Lanka revises import license fee for tea re-exports
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has cut an import license fee of 1.0 percent of import valued with freight charged on flavoured...
Hungary trade surplus shrinks in August
BUDAPEST: Hungary's foreign trade surplus declined in August from a year ago, as imports grew faster than exports, preliminary figures...
India’s coffee exports up 9.36% in 2016-17 marketing year
NEW DELHI: Coffee exports from India, Asia s third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, rose by 9.36 per cent to...
Bangladesh to buy 250,000 T of rice from Thailand, India
DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to import a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand and India in intergovernmental deals...
Tanzania inflation rises to 5.3% in September
DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania's inflation rate rose to 5.3 percent year-on-year in September from 5.0 percent in August, the statistics...
Iran-Austria trade surpasses $400m
TEHRAN: Iran’s trade with Austria stood at $404 million in 2016, Behrouz Hassan Olfat, director of Europe and Americas Department...
UAE banking sector outlook to remain stable
DUBAI: Moody’s Investors Service has maintained its outlook for the UAE’s banking sector at stable, with faster economic growth in...
Russia’s federal budget deficit shrinks nearly six-fold over 9 months
MOSCOW: Deficit of the Russian federal budget in January-September 2017 amounted to 268.13 bln rubles ($4.59 bln), which is nearly...
U.S. oil ports, refiners and producers plan reopenings after Nate
HOUSTON: Some oil ports, producers and refiners in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama that shut facilities ahead of Hurricane Nate were...
German police arrest five Nigerian ‘husband smuggling ring’
BERLIN: THE police in Germany have arrested five people for allegedly smuggling Nigerian men into the country through arranged marriages....
