International Customs

PARIS: French soft wheat exports outside the European Union totalled 459,261 tonnes, down sharply from a season’s high the previous...

HAMBURG: The Russian economy managed to overcome recession despite Western sanctions and Russia sees economic growth during the last four...

MOSCOW: Russia stepped up linseed exports in May 2017, when it supplied 30.2 KMT to foreign markets against 25.7 KMT...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s trade minister threw his weight behind Brexit saying he wants the country to secure a “strong trading...

BRASILIA: Exports of rebar in Brazil fell 30.5% in June to a volume of 42,536 metric ton, trade ministry data...

TOKYO: The EU and Japan have announced an agreement in principle on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which would boosting...

SEOUL: South Korea's nominal corporate tax rate is on par with the average for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

NEW DELHI: India, the world's biggest sugar consumer, is likely to raise import duty on the sweetener to 50 percent...

BANGKOK: Thailand was considered to have the largest unregulated ivory market in the world before it introduced the Elephant Ivory...

MANILA: The Philippines has made a new complaint to the World Trade Organization in a nine-year-old dispute over Thailand's treatment...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa signed an agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in Kampala, Uganda on Friday, during a...

COPENHAGEN: Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Petya cyber attack that...

ROTTERDAM: Customs officers at the port of Rotterdam found over 150 kilograms of marijuana while checking a shipment of wall...

DOHA: Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a US ban on laptops...

TAIPEI: Customs officials at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport confiscated more than 40,000 Chinese yuan (US$5,900) from two men trying to...

MADRID: EVER on the lookout for people trafficking, the Guardia Civil in Melilla has arrested four people and is searching...

BAGHDAD: The arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for illegally smuggling thousands of ancient...

AMMAN: India and Jordan today discussed ways to increase cooperation in diverse areas like customs, taxation and visa to promote...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's palm oil association said on Friday it is worried that a French plan to reduce the use of...

OSLO: Norway has returned a Buddha statue to Myanmar, the place of origin of the cultural artefact, after the Norwegian...