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
Kuwait bans import of poultry from 5 countries
KUWAIT CITY: Director-General of the General Department for Customs Khalid Al-Seif has given instructions to stop the import of all...
Nepal launches 10 year plan to cut vegetable imports from India
KATHMANDU: Nepal government has launched a10-year-plan to cut dependence on vegetable imports from India and make the land-locked country self-reliant...
Oman police foil plot to smuggle narcotics to neighbouring country
MUSCAT: An attempt to smuggle 2.8 million captagon pills was foiled by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) at Sohar port...
Rising oil prices threaten Spain’s economic growth model
MADRID: For more than three years, Spain’s inflation rate has been below the euro-zone average and even lower than that...
Bank of Ireland fund seeks €100m to invest outside Ireland
DUBLIN: Bank of Ireland Private Banking has launched a new multimillion-euro fund for its high-net-worth clients in partnership with international...
Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices by travel agent
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs today (January 23) arrested a male staff member of a travel agent suspected of engaging...
Qatar’s Doha Bank Q4 net profit falls 85%
DUBAI: Doha Bank, Qatar's fifth-largest lender by assets, reported a 84.8 percent decline in fourth-quarter net profit on Sunday, according...
Dubai Customs scores 96.2% on happiness index in 2016
DUBAI: Dubai Customs scored an overall 96.2 percent on Dubai Smart Office’s happiness meter. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman...
Polish 2015 GDP overestimated due to tax scams: Finance minister
WARSAW: Poland's exports, which are included in calculating gross domestic product (GDP), were overestimated in 2015 and 2014 by as...
General cargo ship Levant Horizon ran aground in Lisbon
LISBON: The general cargo ship Levant Horizon ran aground on Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal. The vessel was leaving the...
ATO seizes illegal tobacco worth up to $1.5 mln
CANBERRA: Up to four acres of suspected tobacco plants with a excise value of more than $1.5 million dollars have...
Exports to Australia soar 38% despite direct cargo ban
CANBERRA: Exports to Australia soared 38.1 percent year-on-year to $703.22 million in fiscal 2015-16 despite a ban on direct cargo...
Greece, US sign deal on tax compliance, foreign bank accounts
ATHENS: Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt signed on Thursday a bilateral agreement to improve...
Vietnam to spend big money to exploit coal
HANOI: The newly released coal industry development program by 2020 shows that Vietnam’s demand for coal would be increasing in...
Italy in push to boost ASEAN trade
ROME: “This is a region which is becoming increasingly important for Italy, from a geopolitical and economic standpoint, with its...
Indonesian tax department declares amnesty
JAKARTA: The Tax Department has announced an amnesty for underpaid or undeclared taxes in a move that could incentivise greater...
Germany veers towards Asia
BERLIN: Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new US administration start a trade war...
10 Belgian startups poised for growth in 2017
BRUSSELS: The 2016 fiscal year was a busy year for Moovly with a number of key strategic objectives and achievements....
New Zealand’s borders customs seize fake goods
WELLINGTON: The number of suspected fake products being stopped at our borders almost doubled last year as Customs deals with...
Canadian nabbed with $32,000 worth in drugs
OTTAWA: A 22-year-old Canadian visitor is due to appear in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court tomorrow after he was nabbed...
