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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
Annual pace of inflation lowers in Feb, declining food prices soften impact
OTTAWA: The annual pace of inflation in Canada ticked lower in February as higher prices for gasoline were offset in...
Australia seeks national point of consumption online betting tax
CANBERRA: Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the...
Canada Govt’s ambitious export goals facing big challenges
OTTAWA: The Canadian government wants to boost exports by 30 percent over the next eight years, but experts and analysts...
UK-Argentine trade agenda
LONDON: This week also saw an exchange of major trade visits between the two countries — while an Argentine trade...
US economy down a gear, euro zone growth at 6-year high
WASHINGTON: United States economy shifted down a gear this month, the lowest in six months, flash estimates showed yesterday, due...
CBP intercepts over $160,000 in unreported currency
WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a man from Yakima, Washington after the discovery...
Dutch economy in surplus of €3b
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch economy is poised to grow by 2.1% this year and 1.8% in 2018, the government’s macro-economic think...
UK banks face $6.7m supervision tab for Brexit costs
LONDON: The Bank of England plans to boost fees on UK banks to recover 5.4 million pounds ($6.7 million; Dh24.6...
40% growth in Iran’s life insurance premium
TEHRAN: Iranian insurance industry earned 29.4 trillion rials ($789.4 million) by selling 2,357,171 life insurance policies during the 10 months...
South Africa, Nigeria eyes to strengthen economic ties
ABUJA: South Africa is optimistic about consolidating economic ties with Nigeria, says South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Louis...
Philippines consumer confidence slips in Q1
MANILA: Filipino households’ optimism about the Philippine economy eased slightly in the first quarter of 2017 from the preceding quarter,...
Bank of Russia points to ruble cutting its ‘oil dependency’
MOSCOW: Dependence of the ruble rate on oil prices dropped threefold, Chairperson of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said...
Thailand’s company to invest $2b in Philippines in 5 years
BANGKOK: Thailand's largest agricultural company is set to pour in $2 billion to expand its pork and chicken production in...
Ecommerce in Russia was worth €14.85 bln in 2016
MOSCOW: The ecommerce industry in Russia was worth 920 billion rubles, which is about 14.85 billion euros, in 2016. This...
Iran delivers first oil cargo to Belarus
TEHRAN: Iran’s media say the country has delivered a major cargo of crude oil to Belarus through a key port...
Nigeria to spend U.S. $143 bln on ICT imports by 2019
ABUJA: If the trend of importation of ICT products is not stopped or at least reduced to a barest minimum,...
Customs agents fraud ring busted in Guatemala
WASHINGTON: Guatemala busted a ring of at least 15 customs agents, port workers and transport company workers on Friday accused...
Scholastic revenue drops 8% in Q3
WASHINGTON: Scholastic Corporation’s revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 is down 8% to US$336.2 million. The decline follows...
Indian CBEC to be renamed CBIC under GST scheme
NEW DELHI: The apex policy making body for indirect taxes, CBEC is being rechristened as the Central Board of Indirect...
South Korea seeks WTO help to determine Chinese policies
SEOUL: South Korea has appealed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to determine if the Chinese government is treating South...
