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Jakarta inflation reached 0.99% in January

02/02/2017

JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia recorded that inflation in the capital city reached 0.99 percent in January, higher than the 0.97 percent...

Kazakhstan JV announces first exports

02/02/2017

WASHINGTON: Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering (KAE) announced on 30 January that it had begun its first export deliveries of thermal weapon...

Otago unemployment rises

02/02/2017

WASHINGTON: The unemployment rate in Otago rose in the three months to December to 4%, slightly ahead of the September...

PHL dairy imports up 50.39%

WASHINGTON: The country’s dairy imports from January to September 2016 expanded by 50.39 percent to 2.07 million metric tons (MMT)...

Kenya inflation rate rose to 6.99% in Jan 2017

NAIROBI: Kenya's rate of inflation rose to 6.99 percent year-on-year in January 2017, up from 6.35 in December, mainly on...

Nevis Customs and Excise Department Honours Past Officers

NIA: The Customs and Excise Department on Nevis, honoured six former staff members at the Long Point Port on January...

Erie County unemployment holds steady at 6.6%

WASHINGTON: Erie County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in December at 6.6 percent, but continues to rank among the...

Customs seizes 49 boxes of pump-action rifles in Lagos

WASHINGTON: Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos have intercepted 49 boxes containing 661 pieces of pump action...

Armenia artificially increases export figures

WASHINGTON: In early January, Armenian media outlets reported about an “incredible growth” of the country’s export. However, now it turns...

Suriname inflation reached 77% last Sep

WASHINGTON: By September last year, inflation reached 77% in Suriname and GDP was expected to contract 9% in 2016 as...

Rhea unemployment rate second highest in state

WASHINGTON: Rhea County’s unemployment rate for December was the second highest unemployment rate in the state, according to information released...

Tajikistan’s foreign debt hits $2.3 bln, imports exceed $3 bln

DUSHANBE: In 2016 Tajikistan’s foreign debt reached US $2.3 billion or 32.7 percent of the country’s GDP, Avesta news agency...

Belarus to raise oil export duties from Feb

MINSK: Belarus will raise export duties on oil and oil products for markets outside the Eurasian Economic Union starting from...

Nigeria attacks give life to new crude oil export grade

ABUJA: A new Nigerian crude export grade has emerged in the past few months as Africa’s biggest oil producer struggles...

Maine unemployment down slightly in Dec

MAINE: Maine's labor department says the state's unemployment rate fell slightly in December. The labor department says the preliminary seasonally...

NPA, Customs to unveil Single Window platform at ports

WASHINGTON: To promote trade, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS) are collaborating to introduce...

Honeywell profit, organic revenue fall in Q4

WASHINGTON: Honeywell International Inc. posted an organic revenue decline and a smaller profit in its latest quarter as expenses rose....

Cambodian Govt strives to cut $200m in vegetable imports

WASHINGTON: In order to reduce the countries dependency on imports estimated around $200m the government of Cambodia has started an...

Angola’s March oil exports to drop to 1.51 mln bpd

WASHINGTON: Angola’s state-held oil firm Sonangol plans to load 1.51 million barrels per day in March under its finalized exports...

Colombia cenbank holds rate at 7.5% on inflation concerns