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
U.S. inflation expectations at highest level since 2015
WASHINGTON: A measure of U.S. inflation expectations rose for a second straight month in January to its highest level since...
Costa Rica unemployment remains at 9.5%
COSTA RICA: Costa Rica’s unemployment rate remained at 9.5% at the end of the last quarter of 2016 and an...
Georgia’s central bank sees inflation above 4% target in 2017
WASHINGTON: Georgia's central bank expects inflation to be above its target rate of 4 percent in 2017 and plans moderate...
Cambodia to open new border offices to monitor imports
PHNOM PENH: Six provinces will soon have merchandised quality control offices, also known as sanitation and phyto-sanitation (SPS) offices, to...
Customs promotes 1,561 officers
WASHINGTON: The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has approved the promotion of 1,561...
Denmark stocks higher on the closing of trade on Monday
COPENHAGEN: Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Oil &...
Greece to exceed its primary surplus target in 2018, Commission forecasts
ATHENS: Greece will have a primary surplus in the budget of 3.7 percent of gross domestic product next year, exceeding...
IMF can’t cut special deal for Greece but debt solution possible, says Lagarde
ATHENS: The International Monetary Fund is doing the best it can to agree on bailout loans for Greece but cannot...
Bangladesh to invest $1b in Nepal’s power sector
KATHMANDU: Bangladesh has shown a keen interest to invest in Nepal's hydropower sector. According to Mashfee Binte Shams, the ambassador...
Italy’s GDP growth likely remained flat in Q4
ROME: Italian economy is likely to have underperformed significantly in the fourth quarter as compared to the rest of the...
Petronas may change plans for Canada terminal
OTTAWA: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) may change its plans for the proposed US$27 billion (RM120.15 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Jordan’s higher telecom taxes impede plans to become regional ICT hub: Telcos
AMMAN: The recent tax hikes on Jordan's telecom sector will increase the burden on the “heavily taxed sector”; instead, it...
Iraq to cut March Basra oil exports to lowest since August
BAGHDAD: Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer, plans to cut crude exports from its southern port of Basra to 3.013 million barrels...
Canadian soldiers serving in Kuwait lose major tax exemption
KUWAIT CITY: Canadian soldiers, who are currently assigned in Camp Arifjan and are participating in the fight against ISIS, are...
Taiwan: Stocks rise to over 1-1/2 year high
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks rose on Monday to a more than one-and-a-half-year high, tracking gains in overseas markets. Asian shares ticked...
Spain intends to strengthen ties with Azerbaijan
MADRID: Spain is interested in further developing its relations with Azerbaijan. The Spanish Foreign Ministry announced about this it its...
Oman bans poultry imports from more countries
MUSCAT: After imposing ban on poultry imports from ten European nations as well as Japan and three Indian states in...
Kering jewelry sales gain in 2016
HONG KONG: Luxury group Kering reported a 2-percent rise in jewelry sales for 2016, attributing growth in its mid- and...
France calls on Germany to hike investment spending
BERLIN: France’s Economy Minister Michel Sapin has dismissed a US attack on Germany’s trade surplus but urged Europe’s biggest economy...
2 Singaporeans jailed overseas for drug offences
WELLINGTON: Two Singaporeans caught smuggling drugs were jailed in separate cases in New Zealand and Australia. Sole breadwinner Mohamad Nazjib...
