International Customs

LAREDO: Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $400,000 worth of crystal meth at a Laredo port of entry. The...

US to tax Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel imports

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday announced new import duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, which officials said...

Iran’s SLAL tenders for 200,000 T barley, 200,000 T corn

TEHRAN: Iranian state-owned animal feed importer SLAL has issued two international tenders to buy up to 200,000 tonnes of feed...

Iran expects $5B in petrochemical exports revenues

TEHRAN: Iran’s petrochemical products export volume is expected to reach 11.5 million tons in the first half of current fiscal...

New Zealand meat, wine exports to face uncertainty on U.S border tax

Rouble steady as tax payments offset lower oil prices

MOSCOW: The Russian rouble was steady on Wednesday as ongoing tax payments outweighed the negative impact of lower oil prices....

Russia’s Sberbank makes record 185.6 bln rouble Q2 profit

MOSCOW: Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, said on Wednesday it made a net profit of 185.6 billion roubles ($3.14 billion) in...

Turkey’s cherry exports since April reach $155M

ANKARA: Featuring Turkey as the world leader in its production and the third country in exports, cherries are on their...

Ghana fields paperless customs queries

ACCRA: Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (GPHA) has announced that no layoffs are required for implementing paperless customs at national...

Kazakh oil export revenues have increased 53% in 2017

WASHINGTON: Almost 80 percent of all oil produced in the country is exported. The revenues of the Kazakh budget from...

Wyoming unemployment rate rises

CHEYENNE: The unemployment line is a bit more crowded in Wyoming. According to the latest numbers by the Wyoming Department...

Malaysia July inflation rate eases to 3.2% YOY, just below forecast

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's consumer price index in July rose 3.2 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on...

Singapore’s overall inflation edges up to 0.6% in July

SINGAPORE: Singapore's overall consumer price index (CPI) edged up to 0.6 percent year on year in July, from 0.5 percent...

Shipping companies fined by Korean FTC for collusion

SEOUL: A total of nine automobile shipping companies from four countries, including Korea and Japan, have been fined 43 billion...

Philippines Jan. exports rise at fastest pace in 3 years

Thai exports seen rising 11.6% in July

BANGKOK: Thailand's customs-cleared annual exports probably rose for a fifth straight month in July, a Reuters poll showed, supported by...

Poland growth accelerates in Q3

WARSAW: Poland's economic growth accelerated at the start of the third quarter, underpinned by strong expansions in both industrial production...

Portugal cement exports down 42% in 2016

LISBON: Portuguese cement exports fell 42% last year compared with 2015, to €85 million, while output dropped 3.1%, a study...

Italy, Azerbaijan name priority areas of cooperation

BAKU: Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the newly-appointed Italian Ambassador to Baku, Auqusto Massari, on August 22. The ambassador...

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