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KINGSTON: The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is urging stakeholders to hold strain, while changes are being made to the legislation...

Bureau of Customs expects to collect up to P400b this year

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is expected to collect only up to P400 billion in revenues this year, below...

Police seize $60m of marijuana in Erath County

ERATH COUNTY: Roughly 10,000 marijuana plants were seized in southern Erath County in what state troopers are calling one of...

Luxembourg customs seizes large amount of drugs in raid

LUXEMBOURG CITY: Luxembourg’s Customs and Excise were successful in seizing a large amount of drugs in a raid, smashing a...

South African Revenue Service seizes drugs, Viagra worth R48.8m

JOHANNESBURG: In just under a week South African Revenue Service (Sars) has uncovered massive amounts of Viagra, Mandrax and Cocaine...

Jamaica Public Service hopes govt to permit to import gas tax-free

KINGSTON: The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS), which is finalising a deal with United States-based Fortress Energy to supply...

Venezuela food producers to supply products between 30%, 100%

CARACAS: Private companies in Venezuela say the government has ordered them to distribute food staples to a network of state-run...

Atlanta business hopes to import from, export to Cuba

HAVANA: As the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. reopens its doors, one local business is waiting for what happens next....

Brazil passes bill to reduce tax of PV equipment imports

BRASILIA: The Brazilian senate has passed a bill to reduce the tax burden on imports of certain components and machinery...

Canada announces expanded, modernized free trade agreement with Israel

OTTAWA: Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that negotiations toward an expanded and modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) have concluded....

Revenue officers seize over 30,000 cigarettes in Dublin

DUBLIN: Officers with a warrant searched a private house, two cars and two vans in Dublin’s inner city, targeting the...

ÁKK sells HUF 35 bln of three-month bills

BUDAPEST: The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 35 bln of discount three-month T-bills at auction today, in line...

Hangarian MNB continues cutting, sets base rate at 1.35%

BUDAPEST: The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) the National Bank of Hungary decided at a rate-setting policy meeting today to keep...

Hungary factoring market grows 35% in H1

BUDAPEST: Gross turnover of factoring companies in Hungary rose 35% to HUF 550.7 bln in the first half from the...

Jordan benefits from lower oil prices: report

AMMAN: Jordan was one of the countries that have benefited directly from the plunge in oil prices, which reflected on...

Jordainain Central bank signs agreement with Islamic International Arab Bank

AMMAN: The Islamic International Arab Bank (IIAB) and the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) on Saturday signed an agreement of...

Poland may establish $1.6 bln fund to help industries

WARSAW: Wojciech Kowalczyk, the Deputy Minister of the State Treasury, said a special investment fund, designed in part to help...

Poland’s Treasury debt up by 1% to PLN810b m/m

WARSAW: The national public debt of Poland grew by 1 percent month-to-month and reached PLN 810 billion at the end...

Exports of vegetables not affected by closure of borders with Iraq, ministry

AMMAN: The Ministry of Agriculture said that Jordan's exports of vegetables and fruits to Iraq had not been affected following...

Over €813 mln in real estate deals struck in H1