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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
U.S. dairy exports jump 36% from a year ago
WASHINGTON: According to USDA, U.S. dairy exports were valued at $501.6 million during May, up 36% from May 2016. This...
Ceylon Chamber, Customs to conduct a seminar series on Export, Import Procedures
COLOMBO: The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Department of Sri Lanka Customs, will organize a series of...
Sri Lanka rupee rises on exporter dollar sales, inward remittances
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan rupee traded firmer on Monday as dollar inflows due to inward remittances and exporter greenback sales...
Irish central bank raises growth forecast to 4.5%
DUBLIN: The Central Bank of Ireland on Sunday raised its economy forecast to 4.5 percent this year and 3.6 percent...
HSBC’s pre-tax profit rises 5%
HONG KONG: HSBC has reported a rise in half-year profit as the bank hailed a strong performance across its main...
Dubai Chamber promotes emirate’s competitive business environment in Russia
DUBAI: As part of its efforts to promote Dubai's competitive business environment, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry's representative...
Dubai Investments signs Dh1.1b loan agreement
DUBAI: The real estate arm of Dubai Investments, a UAE-based investment company, has signed a Dh1.1 billion financing deal with...
Singapore unemployment rate, retrenchments ease in Q2
SINGAPORE: The joblessness amongst Singapore residents and citizens has eased in the past quarter if the latest figures from the...
Malaysian exports surge 32.5%
KUALA LUMPUR: Imports also increased 30.4% in May. Malaysia's gears continue to run after it reported a 32.5% YoY jump...
Federal govt incurred RM38.4 bln deficit in 2016
KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government incurred a deficit of RM38.4 billion with the ratio to the gross domestic product (GDP)...
Bangladesh targets $37.5 bln export earning in FY2018
DHAKA: Bangladesh has set an export target of $37.5 billion for the current fiscal year, which is a 1.35 percent...
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation seeks tax waiver
DHAKA: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has again sought tax-VAT waiver against its procurement of vessels over next ten years, as...
Swiss central bank posts 1.2 bln Swiss francs H1 profit as forex weighs
ZURICH: Switzerland's central bank on Monday reported a net profit of 1.2 billion Swiss francs (913.66 million pounds) for the...
France offers Italy naval ship deal to resolve STX row-paper
PARIS: France will offer to expand shipbuilding cooperation with Italy into naval vessels, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said, after...
Fewer bankruptcies in Poland in 2016-17
WARSAW: From July 2016 to the end of June 2017, 563 firms were declared bankrupt. "The number of companies collapsing...
Unemployment in Portugal falls to 9.0% in June
LISBON: The unemployment rate in Portugal fell in June to 9.0% the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday, adding...
Finland to end sales of diesel cars by 2030
HELSINKI: Finland is eager to join the growing number of countries committed to ending the sales of traditional diesel-fuelled cars....
Import figures highlight Greece’s production deficit
ATHENS: Official data on Greek imports for 2016 have once again shone a spotlight on Greece’s production deficit. Last year...
5th Ukrainian-Korean Economic Forum opens in Kyiv
KIEV: The 5th Ukrainian-Korean Economic Forum 'Economic Cooperation in the Context of Eurasian Integration' has opened in Kyiv. The opening...
Vietnam’s biggest trade deficit is no longer with China but S. Korea
HANOI: Vietnam no longer has the biggest trade deficit with China but South Korea, after imports from the latter soared...
