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
Reserve bank delays bank disclosure reforms
WELLINGTON: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has extended for two weeks its deadline for feedback on a proposed new...
Australia-Jordan sign anti-terror deal
CANBERRA: Australia and Jordan have signed an agreement to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said...
Korea household debt hits record as repayment burden set to rise
SEOUL: South Korea’s household debt swelled to a record in the third quarter, prompting the government to release another set...
Turkish president slams high interest rates
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday people in Turkey paid some of the world's highest interest rates, something which...
Japan flash Nov manufacturing PMI falls to 51.1 from 51.4, new orders ease
TOKYO: Japanese manufacturing activity grew in November at a slightly slower pace than the previous month as growth in new...
Iran’s mega deal with Airbus inches closer to finalization
TEHRAN: After the United States issued a second license to Airbus to sell 106 planes to Iran on Nov. 21,...
Mining for data in a South African platinum mine
CAPE TOWN: As operations manager at a South African platinum mine, Percy French has faced huge challenges over the past...
Brazil corn prices fall amid imports, help poultry producers
SAO PAULO: Corn prices in Brazil fell sharply in the fourth-quarter inter-harvest period, weakened by strong Mercosur imports, which have...
Belarus PVC imports drop 16.5% in Jan-Sept
MOSCOW: Imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus decreased to 18,500 tonnes in the first nine months of 2016,...
Thailand ups long-term LNG imports due to coal-fired plant delays
BANGKOK: Thailand is increasing its planned long-term imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet rising demand after delays to...
Kenya imports more despite sector growth
NAIROBI: Kenya continues to import large quantities of its major crops to make up for national output shortfalls despite growth...
Chocolate imports soar by 37%
KATHMANDU: Chocolate imports increased by 37 percent in the last fiscal year compared to import figures of Fiscal Year 2014/15....
Indian gold import ban
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to ban 500 and 1,000 rupee notes caught the country by surprise, with...
Imports ban boost Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation
HARARE: Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector has risen by 13,1 percentage points to 47,4 percent, buoyed by an import...
US crude oil imports down
WASHINGTON: US crude oil imports averaged about 7.6 million barrels per day during the week ending Nov.18, down by 845,000...
Taiwan tire market to surpass $1.2b by 2021
TAIPEI: According to TechSci Research report, "Taiwan Tire Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2011 - 2021", tire market in Taiwan is...
Alageum Electric company to boost non-commodity exports
KABUL: Cooperation between the Alageum Electric Holding and the Export Credit Insurance Corporation KazExportGarant will allow Alageum to increase its...
Qatari women robbed of $5.3m in Paris robbery
DOHA: Two Qatari women were held up on a Paris motorway and robbed of valuables worth more than five million...
GCC states to increase tax on tobacco imports by 100%
KUWAIT CITY: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states intend to increase the customs duty levied on imports of tobacco...
Thomas Cook’s profits decrease to £308m
MADRID: The group said underlying profits dropped to £308 million in the year to September 30 from £310 million a...
