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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
QNB Finansbank first in Turkey to launch digital signatures in branches
ANKARA: Turkey-based QNB Finansbank, a subsidiary of QNB Group and one of the top five privately owned banks in the...
Vietnam Ministry of Finance rejects VAT cut proposal
HÀNỘI: The Vietnam Ministry of Finance rejected a proposal from traditional taxi companies that the Government cut value added tax...
South Korea’s investment triples under ‘Korea-US FTA’
SEOUL: The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy of South Korea announced that South Korea’s investment in the United States...
Indonesian financing firm to get US$200m by World Bank, AIIB
JAKARTA: The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide a state-owned Indonesian infrastructure financing firm with...
US Customs and Border Protection searched nearly 25,000 phones in 2016
WASHINGTON: Border agents with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out searches of nearly 25,000 cell phones in 2016,...
Iran’s annual gasoline usage up by 5.1%
TEHRAN: Iran’s gasoline consumption increased by 5.1 percent to 74.2 million liters per day (ml/d) during the current fiscal year...
Iran seeks export deal for fruit and veg with Russia
TEHRAN: Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mahmoud Vaezi, said in February after a meeting with Russian First Deputy...
Russia’s Lukoil makes higher than forecast Q4 profit due to stronger oil prices
MOSCOW: Russia's No.2 oil producer Lukoil <LKOH.MM> made a higher than expected fourth-quarter net profit of 46.6 billion roubles ($790...
PVC imports into Russia up by a third in Jan-Feb YOY
MOSCOW: Imports of suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) in Russia exceeded 3,100 tonnes in the first two months of the year,...
South African Engen agrees to export gas-oil to Singapore
SINGAPORE: SA’s Engen is set to export a gas-oil cargo to Singapore, according to trade sources and shipping data. The...
Retail inflation shot up to 3.65%
WASHINGTON: Consumer price inflation for the month of February shot up to 3.65% from 3.17% in January due to rise...
Pan-American revenues top US$1 bln
WASHINGTON: Pan-American Life Insurance Group’s (PALIG) revenues topped US$1 billion for the first time in 2016, while operating earnings and...
Ethiopia to install electronic customs clearance system
WASHINGTON: Ethiopia and South Korea signed a 13-million deal for the installation of electronic customs clearance system in the former....
Unemployment in Las Vegas inches up in Jan
CARSON CITY: The Las Vegas area jobless rate inched up to 5.1 percent in January, compared to the 5 percent...
Finland inflation highest since Sep-2014
HELSINKI: Finland's consumer price inflation accelerated in February to the highest level in nearly two-and-a-half years, figures from Statistics Finland...
Greece stocks higher on closing, Athens General-Composite up 0.24%
ATHENS: Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Travel and Utilities sectors led...
Norwegian cod exports to Portugal rise by 9% in 2016
OSLO: Norwegian exports of cod to Portugal rose by 9% year on year in 2016 to €271.4 million, totaling 48,603...
Poland’s PGNiG says capital spending to exceed $8.4b for 2017–2022
WARSAW: Poland's biggest gas firm PGNiG said its capital spending would exceed 34 billion zlotys ($8.4 billion) over 2017 to...
Indonesia’s economic growth expect to below 5.05%
JAKARTA: Indonesia's trade data is due on Wednesday, March 15 and economists expect export, import growth to have slowed in...
Denmark, Alibaba signs MoU to enhance Danish exports
HANGZHOU: Alibaba Group Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai and Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen recently attended the signing...
