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
Bank Indonesia estimates oil price increase to $47 per barrel
JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia (BI) estimates average global crude oil prices to rise to $47 per barrel this year. There are...
South Korea orders vessels to buck up shipbuilders
SEOUL: The government announced it will order 1.5 trillion won ($1.29 billion) worth of vessels for military use in the...
Dutch women jailed for smuggling £88,000 of cocaine
AMSTERDAM: Three Dutch women have been jailed for smuggling £88,000 of cocaine into Britain in their knickers. The trio -...
UK fossil fuel dependency falls to record low
LONDON: Fossil fuel dependency in the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 was 2% lower than the same period a year...
UK’s supermarket chain Tesco buys wholesaler Booker for $4.7 bln
LONDON: Supermarket chain Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, announced Friday it has agreed to purchase food wholesaler Booker for $4.7 billion...
Turkey updates rules for petroleum product imports
ANKARA: Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority ("Authority") has introduced changes to official names, types and Custom Tariff Statistics Position ("CTSP")...
Turkish business world sees no reason for Fitch to downgrade Turkey’s rating
ANKARA: Representatives of the Turkish business world have emphasized that there is no reason to downgrade Turkey's Fitch rating, which...
Taiwan’s economy flashes a “green light”
TAIPEI: Taiwan's economy flashed a "green light" last December, signaling stable growth for the sixth consecutive month, as its exports...
Iran, Azerbaijan vowed to boost 2-way coop
TEHRAN: Iranian Deputy FM Ebrahim Rahimpour who is in Baku for Caspian Sea talks met with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar...
Iran’s oil exports to rise slightly in Feb
TEHRAN: Iran's monthly oil exports are set to climb slightly in February, as Indonesia takes its first shipment since sanctions...
Russia palm oil imports falling for a third month in a row
MOSCOW: Palm oil purchases by Russia totaled 66.1 KMT in November 2016, or down 13% from the previous month (76.2...
Russia may benefit from Trans-Pacific Partnership collapse
MOSCOW: On his first day in office following the inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered on one of his electoral...
Customs proposes N900bn revenue target for 2017
WASHINGTON: The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali, says the service has proposed N900 billion as revenue...
Illinois unemployment rate drops but higher than national average
WASHINGTON: Slightly fewer people were seeking full-time employment last year in the Peoria Metro area as well as statewide. Generally...
Mexican import tax idea hits home in Montana
KALISPELL: President Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border is potentially running up against its own walls....
Spanish unemployment at 7-year low
WASHINGTON: The unemployment rate in Spain fell 2.3 percentage points to 18.6 percent in 2016, its lowest level since 2009,...
QIIB records QR1.7b total revenue in 2016
DOHA: Leading Islamic lender QIIB has recorded a total revenue of QR1.7bn for the full-year 2016. The bank’s net profit...
Polish police bust suspected drug gang
MADRID: The suspects were detained by officers from the Central Bureau of Police Investigation (CBŚP) based in Szczecin, north-west Poland....
Norwegian shellfish exports increase in 2016
OSLO: Norway exported 44,000 tonnes of shellfish worth NOK 1.8 billion in 2016. This is a volume increase of 10...
Portuguese parliament rejects proposal to cut welfare tax
LISBON: Portugal's parliament rejected on Wednesday a government proposal to cut the social security tax companies pay on the minimum...
