International Customs

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s exports in July rose 26.5 percent from a year earlier to $3.2 billion, the Export Promotion Bureau said...

SWITZERLAND: Haryana and Switzerland have agreed to explore the possibilities of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for imparting training...

PARIS: French inflation held steady in July, as estimated initially, final data from the statistical office Insee showed Friday. Consumer...

SINGAPORE: International Enterprise Singapore, a government agency that promotes international trade and partners Singapore companies to go global, announced on...

DUBLIN: Dutch insurer Aegon has sold its Irish unit to US retirement services firm Athene for about €180 million. Aegon...

DHAKA: Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy 1 million tonnes of Thai rice a year, and...

KOTA KINABALU: Some 8,000kg of pangolin scales worth a whopping RM100 million (S$31.76 million) in illicit trade have been seized...

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s official Malaysia’s new tourism tax will be effective 1 September at a flat rate of MYR10 (USD2.33)...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs today (August 10) arrested a female manicurist and a female staff member of a nail...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's economic growth held up in 2016 despite the fiscal consolidation and weather-related shocks the International Monetary Fund...

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan rupee traded steady on Friday as banks and exporters sold the dollar, offseting mild importer demand...

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will organise and host the fourth Global Business Forum on Africa in...

CANBERRA: The cash economy will be the focus of an Australian Tax Office visit throughout Werribee. Officers will be focussing...

OTTAWA: In July 2017, the Bank of Canada released a discussion paper outlining a framework for the assessment of risks...

WASHINGTON:  Four U.S. Senate Republicans from oil-refining states Thursday urged the Trump administration not to block oil shipments from Venezuela...

LONDON: Economic growth in the UK appears to be losing a little momentum, weighed down by a sluggish performance in...

LONDON: Britain's economy put in a weak performance in June when declines in car manufacturing, construction and exports gave an...

ANKARA: Turkey's annual current account deficit narrowed to $3.7 billion in June, a fall of $1.2 billion year-on-year, the Central...

ANKARA: The U.S.-based multinational banking and financial services company J.P. Morgan raised its estimate on Turkey's economic growth for 2017...

BEIJING: The China-Switzerland agreement on mutual authorized economic operator (AEO) status will go into effect on September 1 to provide...