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
Sri Lanka Customs nab man attempting to smuggle foreign currency
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs officials have arrested an individual at the Katunayake Airport this morning while attempting to smuggle out...
BIA Customs officials detect stock of illegal cigarettes worth Rs.1.2m
COLOMBO: A stock of cigarettes worth over Rs. 1.2 million, smuggled into the country, has been taken into custody at...
‘Largest ever’ ivory shipment worth $9 mln seized in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: The customs inspectors discovered the tusks inside a 40-feet Malaysian consignment declared as “frozen fish”. Following an initial...
CBP ignores mandate under 2006 safe port act
WASHINGTON: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began container security device (CSD) examination in 2004, prior to the Safe Port...
U.S. corn sales drop to 3-year low as S.American exports rise
WASHINGTON: U.S. corn export sales plunged to a more than three-year low last week, according to U.S. government data released...
Abu Dhabi’s oil producer may sell shares in units to expand
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. may sell minority stakes in some of its service units and will seek...
Dubai non-oil trade hits $87b in Q1
DUBAI: Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade grew 2.7% to reach Dh327 billion ($87 billion) in the first quarter of 2017 compared...
More than 200kg of drugs, 13,000 mobile phones found in UK prisons
LONDON: The current state of prisons is “unacceptable”, the justice secretary has said, as it emerged more than 200kg (400lb)...
UK consumer spending falls at steepest rate in 4 years
LONDON: Consumer spending in the UK contracted at the steepest rate for four years in the second quarter of 2017,...
Bank of Ireland shares fall by more than 50% following stock consolidation
DUBLIN: Bank of Ireland's new shares started trading Monday at €7.38 each –compared to the 24.60 cents each where they...
Bangladesh signs deal with China’s ZTE Corp for solar power plant
DHAKA: Bangladesh has signed deal with a Chinese firm to set up a solar power plant in Rangamati. The 7.4MW...
Govt gets lowest offer of $430 per ton in rice import tender
DHAKA: Bangladesh received a lowest offer of $430 tonne CIF liner out from Phoenix in a tender that opened on...
Oil edges up but market still under pressure
SINGAPORE: Oil prices recovered some losses on Monday after a 3 percent fall in the previous session, but markets remain...
Malaysian nabbed in Ulsan after his phone scam fails
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian, who conned an elderly South Korean into withdrawing all his money for the bank, was nabbed...
Malaysia’s end-June palm stocks drop 1.9% m/m
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's palm oil stocks at end-June fell 1.9 percent to 1.53 million tonnes from the previous month, said...
French finance minister insists taxes will be cut
PARIS: France’s finance minister insisted on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron’s promised tax cuts would be put in place despite...
Switzerland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in June
SWITZERLAND: For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.34% against the CHF and closed at 0.9639 on...
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in June
TAIPEI: HDI PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing, and flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect all enjoyed revenue growth...
Spain requires real-time submissions of VAT information
MADRID: Large enterprises operating in Spain are coming to terms with the latest requirements to file their VAT information on...
Qatar Airways off laptop ban
DOHA: Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a US ban on laptops...
