International Customs

ROME: Italy has affirmed its status as the world's largest producer of pasta with 3,324,636 tonnes produced in 2016 (+1.6%)...

HANOI: Vietnam has become the 100th member to join the Inclusive Framework (IF) on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS),...

BANGKOK: Efforts by Thailand's government to curb sales of ivory have been successful, following criticism of widespread trafficking in the...

BEIJING: China's trade with North Korea has risen despite Beijing's promise to enforce U.N. sanctions over the North's nuclear program,...

KIEV: Ukraine's Cyber Police have intervened to prevent further cyberattacks in the wake of last week's global attack, initially considered...

ATHENS: Greece’s unemployment rate declined for the fourth straight month in April to its lowest level in more than five...

HELSINKI: Finland's foreign trade surplus turned to a surplus in May from a deficit in the previous year, preliminary figures...

LISBON: The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant a 300 million euro loan to Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) to...

WARSAW: Polish and Croatian logistics and transport companies have signed the first deals under the Three Seas Initiative, which aims...

DUBLIN: More tourists are now visiting Northern Ireland with an extra £86 million pumped into the local economy last year...

DUBAI: The Ministry of Health and Prevention organised a workshop with representatives from the Federal Authority for Competitiveness and Statistics,...

PARIS: France’s budget deficit showed signs of deterioration in May, with the hole in the government’s public finances growing in...

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Friday (July 7) that it will release the advance gross domestic...

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

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a Customs Department officer for allegedly demanding bribes from a company...

HONG KONG: The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr Hermes Tang, attended the 129th/130th Council Sessions of the World Customs...

COLOMBO: Despite an increase in exports earnings Sri Lanka's trade deficit widened 7.8 percent to US$ 809.2 million in April...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s exports rose 11.9 percent to 794.7 million US dollars in April, while imports rose 9.8 percent to...

OTTAWA: Canada's trade deficit almost doubled in May from the previous month as imports from the U.S. hit a record...

TORONTO: Sears Canada says it will go to court next week to seek approval to suspend some benefits for its...