International Customs

WASHINGTON: Each new year brings a temporary downturn in job growth as retailers cut jobs after the holidays. But as...

NEW YORK: Laboratory Corporation of America today reported that its net revenues for the first quarter grew 5 percent year...

MADRID: Turnover has approached £90m at Bristol Airport thanks to an 11 per cent rise in passenger numbers. Growth was...

BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has offered Iraq an extra $110 million in humanitarian assistance during an unannounced visit to...

TAIPEI: The U.S. Department of Treasury has kept Taiwan on its currency monitoring list after Washington released its latest twice-a-year...

KABUL: The Natural Resources Monitoring Network (NRMN) on Monday said studies show that a host of problems have been found...

DOHA: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Qatar on Wednesday with the country's ruler about improving relations,...

KHATMANDU: The private sector players of the country have urged the government to introduce production sector-friendly tax policies to advance...

MUSCAT: Food monitoring in Oman is working well but will be intensified, the agriculture ministry has announced, after the United...

TOKYO: Already the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, with 1.2 billion people as of 2016, Africa accounts for about 16%...

SEOUL: South Korea's economic growth likely accelerated at a sharper pace in the first three months of the year than...

BANGKOK: Thai police intercepted a truck carrying a million methamphetamine pills bound for Malaysia. Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) commander Maj-Gen...

CAPE TOWN: South African companies generated export sales totaling R10 million through their participation at last year's Zimbabwe International Trade...

NEW DELHI: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) today inked a joint venture pact with French shipping giant CMA...

MANILA: The government should help local mango producers ramp up their production and go into value adding if it is...

AMSTERDAM: Rotterdam’s port area is effectively protected against floods. While most of the port area is situated outside the dikes,...

ATHENS: German private equity firm Deutsche Invest Equity Partners was the highest bidder for a majority stake in Greece's Thessaloniki...

ROME: The Italian government said it would raise taxes on tobacco and gambling and crack down on evasion of value...

HELSINKI: The customs services of Iran and Finland signed an agreement on cooperation. Following talks between Head of Iran's Customs...

OTTAWA: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved mechanically-extracted camelina oil as a feed ingredient for farmed salmon and...