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
Iranian steel exports up 29%
TEHRAN: Major Iranian steelmakers exported over 5.38 million tons of crude steel and steel products in the last fiscal year...
Russian Gazprom increases gas supplies to Turkey by 25%
MOSCOW: Gazprom, a Russian gas giant, has increased exports of blue fuel to Turkey by 25%, the company said on...
Russia’s biggest Arctic transport company expands its cargo fleet
MOSCOW: The Murmansk Shipping Company (MSC), the biggest cargo transport company in the Russian Arctic sector, for the first time...
APAC semiconductor revenues grow amid market slump
WASHINGTON: Semiconductor revenues in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to total US$275 billion in 2017, amounting to about 71 per...
Jamaica Customs e-payment service back in operation
WASHINGTON: The Jamaica Customs Electronic Payment service, ASYCUDA, is back to full operational mode after being down for almost two...
Customs urges Nigerians to see smuggling as a crime
ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has urged Nigerians to see smuggling as a crime and support it to succeed...
Welsh unemployed rises above UK average
WASHINGTON: Unemployment in Wales increased by 8,000 across the quarter and the rate is higher than the UK average for...
Danish chickens finally allowed outdoors
COPENHAGEN: After five months under quarantine, Danish chickens are finally allowed to get out the doors, reports the Danish Veterinary...
Elia to build offshore grid in Belgian North Sea
BRUSSELS: Grid operator Elia will build a modular offshore grid (MOG) in the Belgian North Sea with an investment of...
Brazil’s economy grew at fastest pace in 7 years
BRASILIA: Economic activity in Brazil grew in February at the fastest pace since January 2010, a central bank indicator showed...
Vietnam denies poultry exports to Saudi Arabia
HANOI: Vietnam has not exported live poultry to any country yet so that a ban by Saudi Arabi has no...
Philippine Coast Guard seizes P18m cigarettes with fake tax stamps
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard has seized more or less P18 million worth of Mighty cigarettes with fake tax stamps...
Demand for Thai rice in Peru grows
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Commerce is set to launch a marketing scheme aimed at boosting Thai rice exports to Peru...
Indonesia`s imports up, trade surplus
JAKARTA: Indonesian imports rose 17.65 percent to US$13.36 billion in March from US$8.89 billion in February this year, the Central...
Fitch downgrades South Africa to junk status following political turmoil
JOHANNESBURG: Listening to 702 on my way there, a few callers said that they opposed Zuma’s actions and wanted him...
Dutch tax office made advance deals with over 500 firms in 2016
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch tax office made separate tax rulings with 539 companies in 2016, down from 642 such deals in...
Switzerland to exchange bank details with Pakistan from 2019
BERN: Switzerland will start exchanging bank details with Pakistan and 21 other countries from 2019 under the contract signed by...
France’s Macron says German trade surplus harmful to EU economy
PARIS: France’s independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, tied with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in polls before the election, said...
IFC to extend debt, equity for Bangladesh’s first LNG import terminal
DHAKA: International Finance Corporation, the private finance arm of World Bank, has agreed to extend finance in the form of...
RM100,000 fine proposed for illegal cigarettes, liquor
PORT KLANG: There is a proposal to amend Section 135(1) of the Customs’ Act 1967 to raise the fine to...
