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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
Russian wheat exports up 8.7% YOY to 26.0 mln mt
MOSCOW: Russian wheat exports from July 1 to June 7 in the 2016-17 marketing year were up 8.7% year on...
Statoil aims to more than triple Brazil output
OSLO: Norwegian Oil and Gas Company Statoil aims to more than triple its production in Brazil and wants to become...
Throughput of Russian seaports in Jan-May’17 up 11.6% Y-o-Y to 320 mln t
MOSCOW: In January-May 2017, Russian seaports handled 320 mln t of cargo (+11.6%. year-on-year), says the press center of Association...
SARS seizes rhino horns worth R4.99m at OR Tambo
JOHANNESBURG: Ten rhino horns have been seized by customs officials from the South African Revenue Services (SARS). SARS officials intercepted...
Thai eggs to arrive S. Korea by next week
SEOUL: Eggs imported from Thailand will arrive in South Korea next week, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday, as the government...
Vietnam-EU bilateral trade soars 16.2% in 2017 so far
HANOI: Two-way trade between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) grew 16.2 percent year-on-year in the first five months of...
Dutch economy seen growing at fastest pace in a decade: Central bank
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch central bank on Monday raised its 2017 forecast for economic growth in the Netherlands to 2.5%, saying...
Customs impounds imported vehicles, others, worth N138m
ABUJA: The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Owerri says it has impounded illegally...
New Dubai Customs scanner can detect one nanogram of drugs, explosives
DUBAI: Dubai Customs has introduced a sophisticated scanner that can detect 25 controlled and banned items in 25 seconds, in...
U.S. Customs seizes combination locked travel bags as drug paraphernalia
WASHINGTON: Skip Stone started Stashlogix in 2015 in large part to help keep marijuana out of the hands of children....
U.S. shale firms more exposed to falling oil prices as hedges expire
WASHINGTON: Cash-strapped U.S. shale firms scaled back their hedging programs in the first quarter, leaving them more vulnerable to tumbling...
Singapore’s unemployment remains at 2.2% in Q1
SINGAPORE: Singapore's overall unemployment rate was 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to the labor market report...
Northeast B.C. unemployment rate jumps 1.5%
WASHINGTON: After four straight months of decline, the unemployment rate in Northeast B.C. saw an increase last month. According to...
Danish inflation likely to continue on upward trend, to average 1.1 % in 2017
WASHINGTON: Denmark’s consumer price inflation slowed to 0.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in May, coming in lower than consensus...
Spain, Ecuador net 5.5 metric tonnes of cocaine in Pacific
MADRID: Spanish authorities cooperated with Ecuadorean police to intercept a ship off that Latin American country bringing more than 5.5...
TSMC, Hon Hai account for 16% of Taiwan’s business tax revenue
TAIPEI: Contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, 台積電) and contract electronics maker Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (鴻海)...
ACAA’s new chief plans to usher in major changes
KABUL: The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) said on Sunday that within the next six weeks a standard flight radar...
VAT reduction not being passed on to consumers: GRA
AMMAN: According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) businesses have used the 2% reduction in VAT to increase their profit...
Deadline for revised paid-up capital requirement won’t be extended: NRB
KHATMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank has said there will be no revision in the fast approaching deadline given by the central...
Qatar can defend economy and currency: FM
DOHA: Qatar can easily defend its economy and currency against sanctions by other Arab states, Qatari finance minister Ali Sherif...
