International Customs

WARSAW: Poland will benefit if Angela Merkel remains German Chancellor after that country’s parliamentary elections in 2017, Polish Foreign Minister...

KIEV: Ukraine has suspended poultry imports from Austria due to concerns over avian flu, the head of Ukraine's food quality...

HANOI: The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) announced yesterday that it would allow credit institutions and foreign bank branches...

ROME: Italian banking stocks came under renewed pressure on Friday on growing jitters before the Dec. 4 referendum on a...

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry made its presence felt in the 6th Annual World Exhibition and Conference...

ANKARA: Turkey and Belarus have set a trade target at $1 billion following a 10-fold growth in 14 years. More...

WELLINGTON: Fonterra New Zealand increased its forecast milk price to $NZ6 a kilogram of milk solids ($6.33kg/MS) today. The co-operative...

TOKYO: Five Japanese regional banks including Yamaguchi Financial Group have entered into capital tie-ups with Money Design, a fintech startup...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil exported 1.82Mt of semi-manufactured iron and steel products to the US in January to October compared with 2.52Mt...

SEOUL: South Korean LPG providers sold 6.4 million mt LPG in the domestic market over January-September, up 17.4% year on...

BANGKOK: Thailand was announced as the official host country for the SITE Global Conference 2019 after the Thailand Convention and...

TEHRAN: During the week ending November 11, three vessels, used for floating storage in Iran, left the Persian Gulf for...

CANBERRA: The most recent statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicate that preliminary iron ore exports by...

NEW DELHI: India is expected to import around 160.16 million mt of coal in the current fiscal year 2016-17 (April-March),...

JOHANNESBURG: Trade relations, initiatives and bilateral agreements with an estimated value of R96 billion have been signed between South Africa...

WASHINGTON: The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price was $43.39 per barrel during the week ending Nov.11, or $0.68 below...

MOSCOW: Russia’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has reportedly added the social network to a blacklist of websites. As a result, internet...

TOKYO: Russia’s Ministry on Development of the Far East expects by December, when President Vladimir Putin is due to visit...

ANKARA: Turkey and Russia will discuss ways to enhance trade on agricultural products as the former expects the lifting of...

HANOI: Viet Nam would import 66,000 tonnes of Russian wheat this week. The ship carrying wheat to Viet Nam has...