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Iran’s foreign trade hits $57bn in eight months
TEHRAN: Iran’s Customs Department has revealed that the country's foreign trade volume reached $56.939 billion during the first eight months...
Iran sees boost for Basmati rice exports, issues fresh contracts
TEHRAN: In a major boost to India's Basmati rice exports, Iran will issue fresh contracts for rice imports after a...
New US envoy hails economic achievements of present government
ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed US ambassador to Pakistan, David Hale paid a courtesy call on Finance Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar...
Russia blocks Turkish exports at border
MOSCOW: Around 1250 trucks carrying Turkish exports have been blocked from entering Russia and are stranded at border posts awaiting...
Saudi Customs foils attempt to smuggle alcohol in car engine
RIYADH: Saudi customs officers at the King Fahd Causeway foiled an elusive attempt at smuggling alcohol in the engine of...
Smuggling wiped out as Pak-Afghan border sealed: Qurban Ali
PESHAWAR: Collector Qurban Ali Khan has said that smuggling has been wiped out in almost entire the region and anti-smuggling...
66% of total imports of solar power panels from China during first 3 months
NEW DELHI: About 66 per cent of the total imports of solar power panels were from China during the first...
Adjudication Collector Raja Tahir orders to impound smuggled truck
FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication Collector Raja Tahir Majeed ordered to impound the Hino Ranger Truck after it proved non-duty paid and...
China’s beef imports continue to climb in 2015
BEIJING: While China’s slower rate of economic growth has been a major global news story in 2015, it hasn’t dampened...
China’s ad expenditure falls 4.8% YoY in Oct
BEIJING: China’s advertising expenditure fell 4.8 percent year on year in October, with advertising in traditional media channels — TV,...
China Energy Engineering Corp raises $1.8bn
BEIJING: China Energy Engineering Corp, a State-owned builder of power plants, and an existing investor raised $1.8 billion from a...
SOEs profit falls by 21.5% to 256 billion yuan
BEIJING: China's State-owned enterprises are suffering from continued headwinds amid a slowing economy, as government reforms to consolidate the sector...
China inks 26 bilateral deals with S.Africa worth $6.5b
BEIJING: China and South Africa have signed 26 bilateral deals on Thursday worth 41.9 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) after talks...
AIIB to invest in five major areas during initial stages
BEIJING: The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will invest in five major areas during its initial stages－energy, transportation, rural development,...
Saudi Customs asks passengers to declare liquid assets above $16,000
JEDDAH: The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has ordered all domestic and international airlines operating in the country to...
Chinese police nail down human smuggling racket
GUANGDONG: Authorities have arrested 22 people and seized more than 35,000 forged visas in a crackdown of a human smuggling...
Collector Tariq Huda’s Preventive collects Rs 44.831b in Nov
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate Preventive has collected some Rs 44.8 billion in wake of duty/taxes during November, 2015. According...
Appraisement-East collects Rs 26 billion in November
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement-East collected Rs 26.019 billion as duty/taxes under various heads during November, 2015. According to...
PCA unearths tax evasion of Rs 300m in November
KARACHI: The Customs Directorate of Post Clearance Audit has detected evasion of taxes/duties to the tune of Rs 300.406 million...
FBR decides to conduct special audit of regular tax evaders
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to conduct special audit of regular tax evaders. According to details,...
