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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
7th round of negotiations on Pak-Turkey FTA continues in Turkey
ANKARA: The 7th round of negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Turkey continued on Turkey for negotiation...
Australia GDP growth of 0.3% slowest since 2009
CANBERRA: Australia’s economy slowed in the first three months of the year as bad weather hit exports and a deceleration...
Turkey’s steel exports jump almost 17% in May
ANKARA: Turkey's steel exports climbed 16.9 percent year on year in May, hitting 1.5 million tons, according to data released...
Thai police seize 12kg of cocaine from Hong Kong tourists
BANGKOK: Three Hong Kong tourists, aged 19 to 24, found the Land of Smiles rather less friendly than advertised after...
Iran services exports exceed $13b
TEHRAN: Services exported in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017) stood at $13.28 billion, registering a 1.3% decline...
Iran faced with return of double-digit inflation
TEHRAN: The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is stepping up its efforts to reform the country’s ailing banking system amid...
Russia cuts $1 bln from state budget on Venezuela concerns
MOSCOW: Russia has slashed projected revenue by nearly $1 billion to reflect expectations that Venezuela may not make timely payments...
Russia’s Russneft sees its oil output down 4% in 2017
MOSCOW: Russian mid-sized oil company Russneft expects its oil production to decrease by 4 percent this year, Mikhail Gutseriyev, its...
Customs and Border Protection backs Navico in patent case
WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ruled in favor of Navico in an ongoing patent dispute between that company...
U.S. small businesses to lobby Congress to oppose border tax
WASHINGTON: About 60 small business owners and a representative from retailer Big Lots will hold meetings with members of the...
Customs units pass bucks over investigation of 440 seized arms
LAGOS: There is confusion over whose duty it is to conduct further investigation into the 440 arms intercepted by the...
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 14.2%
ABUJA: Nigeria’s unemployment rate has worsened, rising to 14.2% in the Q1 of 2017. This represents a 0.4% increase from...
South Korea unveils $10b stimulus to boost jobs, welfare
SEOUL: Korea launched a $10 billion stimulus package to create jobs and bolster welfare programmes in the country faced with...
Argentina 12-month inflation to be below 25 pct in May -central bank chief
WASHINGTON: Argentina's 12-month inflation rate will be below 25 percent in May and fall to 21 percent or 22 percent...
Germany wants EU-Mercosur trade agreement this year
BERLIN: The European Union wants to conclude the terms of a free trade accord between the European Union and the...
Italian police bust migrant trafficking ring in Sicily
ROME: Italian police said Tuesday that they had broken a smuggling ring between Tunisia and Sicily which was preparing to...
South Africa tumbles into recession as manufacturing, trade slump
CAPE TOWN: Gross domestic product contracted 0.7% for the first quarter of 2017, indicating that the country has entered into...
First U.S. LNG tankers to Poland and Netherlands to arrive today (June 7)
The first liquefied natural gas tankers from the United States to Poland and the Netherlands are both expected to arrive...
NOC reluctant to revise fuel price despite Rs 300m monthly profit
KHATMANDU: Though Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)’s monthly profit has now ballooned to more than Rs 300 million following decline in...
Taiwan to levy duty on online purchases over NT$2,000
TAIPEI: Frequent online shoppers beware! Taiwan will roll out a new tax policy starting this September that will lower the...
