International Customs
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
Bank of Canada hiked its policy rate for first time in 7 years
CANADA: The Teranet–National Bank National Composite House Price IndexTM rose 2.6% in June, the largest increase for that month in...
Canada’s fund managers target growth stocks as rates rise
TORONTO: Canada's fund managers are set to plow more money into shares of cyclical, industrial and technology companies as the...
SL’s economy to face real test from 2019 onwards
COLOMBO: The settlement of the foreign currency debt issued by the Sri Lankan government during the last decade would become...
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh agree on Free Trade
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have agreed to finalise a Free Trade Agreement between them by the end of this...
Turkey’s unemployment rate rises to 10.5%
ANKARA: The unemployment rate in Turkey rose 1.2 points to 10.5 percent in April compared to the same month last...
Turkish privatisation revenues at 5.8 bln lira in H1
ANKARA: Turkey's privatisation revenues in the first half of the year totalled 5.8 billion lira ($1.64 billion) and they will...
Illegal trade in cigarettes ‘cost €320m in lost tax’
LONDON: Illegal cigarettes cost the state more than €320 million in lost tax revenue last year, according to a new...
UK business confidence at lowest point for six years
LONDON: The UK needs to prepare itself for weaker economic performance, two major forecasting groups have said, in the latest...
Nogales CBP officers seizes $151k in cocaine
WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales seized 13 pounds of cocaine Thursday afternoon worth...
Iran, Vietnam after deeper banking ties
TEHRAN: CBI governor, at a meeting with deputy governor of State Bank of Vietnam, reported on efforts to create links...
Russian oil export duty seen falling to $74.4/T in August
MOSCOW: Russia's oil export duty CL-EXPDTY-RU is expected to decline to $74.4 per tonne in August, down from $80.9 per...
Armenia mulls new military loan from Russia
MOSCOW: Armenia is discussing the issue of getting a new military loan with Russia, finance minister Vardan Aramyan said on...
Ogun Customs rolls out release of e-auction vehicles
WASHINGTON: The Ogun Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has rolled out the release of e-auction vehicles to Nigerians who...
Abu Dhabi Customs foils two illegal immigration attempts
ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi General Administration of Customs has announced that its inspectors at the Mezyad Customs Centre in...
US inflation flat in June while retail sales sink
WASHINGTON: Cheap energy prices kept US inflation flat in June in another sign price pressures remain weak in the world’s...
UAE attends World Customs Organisation meeting in Brussels
DUBAI: The head of the UAE's Federal Customs Authority met the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organisation at the 129th-130th...
Customs urges Govt to provide scanning machines to ease operation
ABUJA: The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has urged the Federal Government to install functioning scanning machines to enable it to...
Nigeria imports goods worth N6.7trn in 2015
KANO: Nigeria expended more than N6.7 trillion in 2015 on the importation of goods that the country can produce locally,...
Spain seizes 3m packs of tobacco smuggled near Cadiz
MADRID: n waters close to the Bay of Cadiz in the early morning of last Wednesday, the Spanish Tax Agency...
Hobby Lobby agrees to renounce smuggled Iraqi Artifacts
BAGHDAD: A strange story broke late yesterday. The owners of Hobby Lobby, a national chain of arts and crafts stores,...
