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KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to increase bilateral trade to $5 billion by the end of 2017, said adviser...

Dubai court sentences cook to 10yrs jail for smuggling marijuana

DUBAI: A cook has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted on charges of smuggling 469g of marijuana that...

Chinese Customs seizes 28 pieces ancient Thangka

BEIJING: Officers of Customs Office in Chancheng of Fuoshan Customs House (affiliated to Guangzhou Customs District) said they had found...

China Customs seizes 300 tons of seafood in operation “Icebreaking”

BEIJING: Under the direction of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs and Guangdong Sub-Administration, Huangpu Customs District...

Import 151,000 tons of fertilizers in H1: Xinsha Customs releases fertilizers to support spring planting

XINSHA: According to the figures issued by the Customs, in the first quarter of the year 2015, the State-owned enterprises...

CPA fines Liberian ship for spilling oil in Karnaphuli River

DHAKA: A ship, carrying Liberian flag, has been fined Tk 60,000 for spilling oil in the Karnaphuli River. The Chittagong...

Hungary’s general government borrowing 1.0% of GDP for year ending in June

BUDAPEST: According to preliminary financial account figures, net general government borrowing was HUF 339 bln in the twelve months leading...

Poland’s GDP growth slows to 3.3pct y/y

WARSAW: Poland's GDP in Q2 2015 grew by 3.3% year on year and by 0.9% quarter on quarter, according to...

Hungarian Household chemicals, cosmetics sales climb 6%

BUDAPEST: Retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics rose 6% to HUF 170 bln in January-June from the same period...

Hungary’s CIB Group sees 62% less losses in H1

BUDAPEST: CIB Group, the Hungarian unit of Italyʼs Intesa Sanpaolo banking group had HUF 20.9 bln after-tax loss in the...

Portugal signs funding protocol worth €200,000

LISBON: According to details released by the State Secretary’s office, this duly provides funding to the 11 entities running protection...

Hungarian Duna house profits up almost 50% in 2014

BUDAPEST: Real estate agent franchise Duna House had after-tax profits of HUF 735 mln in 2014, up almost 50% from...

Portugal’s fuel price drops

LISBON: The cost of refuelling this morning will be slightly cheaper after the reference price for unleaded petrol dropped by...

Exports from Jordanian free zones reach JD217m in July

AMMAN: The value of good and machineries that were exported from Jordanian free zones in July stood at JD217 million....

Jordanian Customs arrests 6 smugglers, seizes 35,000 pills

AMMAN: Jordanian Customs authority confirms that it have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 35,000 narcotic pills hidden in biscuit packets,...

Jordan’s TRC rejects 5 contaminated shipments

AMMAN: The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (TRC) said Saturday it returned 5 shipments to their countries of origin because...

Over 7.5 tonnes of spoiled juice destroyed in Ramtha

AMMAN: Authorities recently destroyed 7.5 tonnes of juice deemed unfit for human consumption, allegedly planned to be sold in schools,...

Jordanian Industry loses JD200m as Iraqi border remains sealed

AMMAN: The Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) estimated on Sunday initial losses to the industrial sector because of Iraq's border...

SARS revises guide on new hire tax incentive

JOHANNESBURG: The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has circulated for additional comment a revised draft guide on the employment tax...

South African review against higher mining taxes