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China’s Shan Dong acquires 45% stake of Bindaree under FTA
BEIJING: Australia’s fourth-largest meat processor has sold a 45 percent stake in its business to Chinese company Shan Dong Delisi...
Chinese sheepmeat imports fall 22% in first 9 months of 2015
BEIJING: Chinese sheepmeat imports in the first nine months of 2015 have fallen 22%, following the trend that began in...
China’s gold imports from Hong Kong jump to 10 month high in Sep
BEIJING: China's net gold imports from main conduit Hong Kong jumped to a ten-month high in September, data showed on...
Russian gas exports to Europe up 41% in Oct
MOSCOW: Alexei Miller, the head of Russia’s top natural gas producer Gazprom, said that Russian gas exports to Europe increased...
Russia, Azerbaijan agree to strengthen economic ties
MOSCOW: Azerbaijan and Russia are continuing to strengthen business cooperation, thus increasing number of mutual agreements and business forums. The...
India, GCC meeting in Jeddah to promote trade, investment
RIYADH: The fourth edition of the Gulf Cooperation Council-India Industrial Forum on November 18-19 in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah will focus on...
Iran, Pakistan agree to boost trade, economic ties
TEHRAN: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz shaking hand with the Secretary National Security Council of...
Thai trade delegation to visit Iran early December
TEHRAN: Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will lead a delegation including 50 Thai companies to Iran in December with the...
Iran expects to export 400,000 mt wheat after expansion in crop
TEHRAN: Iran, the second-largest wheat user in the Middle East, will export 400,000 metric tons of the grain after domestic supplies...
Iranian FM criticizes court ruling on document issue
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has criticized a recent court ruling against, Mozaffar Khazaee an Iranian-American engineer, who...
Tariq Bajwa urges officials to expand tax collection, tax base
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa has directed all chief commissioners of field formations to take effective measures...
Collector Majid Yousfani introduces ‘Golden Chair’ facility at Appraisement East
KARACHI: With an aim to extend maximum facilities to the taxpayers, Collector Model Customs Collectorate MCC Appraisement East Majid Yousfani...
Federal govt decides to maintain 0.3pc WHT on banking transaction for November
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to maintain 0.3 percent withholding tax rate on banking transaction in November as well. According...
FBR introducing business-friendly policies, says Collector Raza Ahmad
SIALKOT: Collector Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Sialkot Ahmad Reza Khan has said that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and...
FBR changes nomenclature of small cadre
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has changed the nomenclature of its officials of small cadre with immediate effect....
Faisalabad ASO seizes smuggled items worth Rs 8.1m
FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) has confiscated smuggled items worth Rs 8.147 million during third week of October. According...
FBR to offer tax exemptions for quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD: Following the horrible earthquake that jolted most parts of the country, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to...
Customs officials decide to meet traders to curb smuggling from country
KARACHI: The Customs authorities have decided to hold meetings with traders on the directions of the federal government and Federal Board of...
FIA arrests fake FBR agents, recovers Rs 8m
FAISALABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested fake FBR agents during a raid in Madina town area, Faisalabad. According to...
PCA detects Rs 2m tax evasion by M/s Shaukat Soap through misuse of DTRE
LAHORE: Customs Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has found M/s Shaukat Soap and Ghee Industries (Pvt) involved in large scale misuse...
