International Customs
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
Portuguese wines thriving amid export growth
LISBON: Volume exports of Portuguese wine have increased by more than a quarter in the last five years, driven by...
Poland considers building floating LNG terminal by 2021
WARSAW: Poland is considering building a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Baltic Sea by 2021 for about...
ME Bank bans interest-only loans, investors
CANBERRA: ME Bank, which is owned by 29 industry funds, is the latest bank to ban some investors and interest-only...
U.K. inflation to peak earlier than previously forecast
LONDON: U.K. inflation will accelerate faster than previously anticipated, according to economists in Bloomberg’s latest monthly survey. They now see...
Bank of Montreal bundles uninsured mortgages in a first for Canadian bonds
OTTAWA: Bank of Montreal is bundling nearly $2 billion of prime Canadian mortgages into securities, in a first-of-its-kind deal as...
First export strategy presented in Ukraine
KIEV: Industrialists and entrepreneurs have expressed their support for the draft Export Strategy of Ukraine, which was presented by the...
Protecting Canada’s trade interests
OTTAWA: One of the most contentious areas of the Canada-U.S. trade negotiations in the mid-1980s was the creation of a...
UK needs industrial strategy to expand its economy, says CBI
LONDON: The UK needs a new industrial strategy to make it the "most competitive" economy in the world by 2030,...
Spain’s inflation falls to 2.3%
MADRID: Spain’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by seven tenths in March to 2.3% year-on-year, according to figures published by...
Iraq plans three gas processing plants to reduce flaring
BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to build three new plants to process natural gas currently being flared at southern oil fields, and...
Business women ask govt for help to expand economic activities
KABUL: Businesswomen believe that government’s cooperation would help them to expand their activities and hire more female employees. A number...
Qatar’s foreign trade surplus soars 74% in Feb
DOHA: Qatar's February trade surplus increased by 74 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by the country's...
GCC countries likely to raise VAT to 10% within 5 years
KUWAIT CITY: GCC countries are currently studying the elimination of the current unified customs tax and replacing it with the...
Oman slashes roaming mobile charges by 35%
MUSCAT: Oman has slashed roaming mobile charges, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced. The cost of mobile data per...
MoI unveils priority areas for next fiscal year
KHATMANDU: With less than one-and-a-half months left for the government to unveil the annual budget for the fiscal year 2017-18,...
U.S. customs officials release photo of mock IED found at Toronto airport
WASHINGTON: U.S. customs officials have released a photo of a mock improvised explosive device that led to delays at Toronto’s...
US to probe biodiesel imports from Argentina, Indonesia
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Commerce (DoC) last week launched antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of imports of biodiesel from...
Turkey to prioritise economy, including inflation, finance minister says
ANKARA: Turkey's government will prioritise the economy, including bringing down inflation and unemployment, and will not take tax measures that...
Iran customs unveils measures to regulate garment imports
TEHRAN: The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has introduced measures to systemize import procedures of foreign clothing brands. The...
