World Business
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Nigeria imports rice, wheat with N1tr annually
ABUJA: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele said yesterday that Nigeria spends the equivalent of N1trillion in foreign...
Zambia withholding $243 mln in tax refunds owed to mining firms
WASHINGTON: Zambia is withholding 2.4 billion kwacha ($243 million) of the 5 billion kwacha owed to mining companies in tax...
Kazakhstan Jan-Nov PE imports down 3% YOY
MOSCOW: Imports of polyethylene (PE) into Kazakhstan fell in the first 11 months of 2016 by 3% year on year...
Chilean wood products export to shrink in 2016
WASHINGTON: Chilean forestry exports will total $5.3 billion by value in 2016, 3 percent less than last year, as supply...
Argentine beef exports jump 10% in first 10 months of 2016
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's beef exports totaled 193,000 tonnes between January and October, up 10 percent from the same period last...
Kazakh grain exports up 12% from last year
WASHINGTON: Kazakhstan supplied 7.9 MMT of grain to foreign markets in 2016 by December 20, said the nation’s vice ag...
South America to import medical marijuana from Southern California
WASHINGTON: Until Mexico recently started talking about legalizing medical marijuana, the only way patients were able to get access was...
Bahrain origin goods export up 10% to $379m
MANAMA: The value of national origin products exported from Bahrain was BD143 million ($379 million) last month, as compared to...
Nigeria’s seaports witness sharp in import, export in 2016
ABUJA: Seaport operations in Nigeria have been badly hit by the hike in the import duties of vehicles and rice...
Tanzania export price index up in Q3
WASHINGTON: The overall export price index has increased by 2.4 percent to 131.8 price index compared to 8.7 per cent...
Afghanistan to import 100,000 tons of wheat from Uzbekistan
WASHINGTON: Agriculture experts have asked government to forge a comprehensive strategy so that the country can become self-reliant in terms...
Nigeria imports 18bn litres of PMS in one year
ABUJA: About 18.126 billion litres, an equivalent of 13.517 million metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as...
Israel’s polished diamond exports slip 2.5%
JERUSALEM: Israel’s polished diamond exports valued $3.84 billion after a 2.5 percent dip on y-o-y basis, for the first nine...
Tanzania ban on export of live animals remains intact
WASHINGTON: The ban on the exports of live animals remains intact unless all procedures are strictly observed, the government said...
Peruvian defence imports to grow at a steady pace
WASHINGTON: Peru's defence imports are expected to increase during 2017-21 as the nation intends to increase its military spending and...
Mexico’s inflation likely to have accelerated to 3.52% through mid-Dec
LONDON: Mexican inflation is expected to continue accelerating in the near term. In the past few months, prices of food...
Azerbaijan eyes to cut import of machinery products by 2020
BAKU: Azerbaijan intends to significantly reduce the import of products of heavy industry and machinery by 2020. This is reflected...
AssetTrackr eyes $20 mln revenues by 2020
WASHINGTON: In 2012, when Ashok Yerneni was heading the telematics business unit of an MNC, he found that the market...
Azerbaijan exports 19M tons of oil products
ABUJA: Azerbaijan exported 19,098,957 tons of oil products in January-November of this year, according to the State Customs Committee. The...
Costa Rica toy imports up 12% annually
COSTA RICA: In the last six years imports have grown at an annual rate of 12%. Greater sophistication in the...
