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India says probing jump in refined palm oil imports from Malaysia
Reuters . Mumbai | Updated at 12:00am on August 18, 2019
India has initiated a probe into whether a jump in refined palm oil shipments from Malaysia is causing serious injury to domestic industry, the trade...
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US overtakes Germany as UK’s biggest source of imports: UK depart
Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on August 10, 2019
The United States overtook Germany as the biggest supplier of imports into Britain for the first time on record in the last financial year, the...
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China surprises with best export growth since Mar, but imports remain weak
Reuters . Beijing | Updated at 12:01am on August 09, 2019
China’s exports unexpectedly returned to growth in July on improved global demand despite escalating US trade pressure, but the rebound may be short-lived as Washington...
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NBR to list import items for power plant tax benefit
Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:00am on August 02, 2019
National Board of Revenue has decided to prepare a list of items eligible for tax exemption on import by power plants to prevent misuse of...
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FY19 capital machinery import drop contradicts GDP growth
HM Murtuza | Updated at 12:00am on August 02, 2019
Import payments for capital machinery dropped while the payments for industrial raw materials posted a meagre growth in the recently concluded fiscal year 2018-2019, contradicting...
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China’s Iran oil imports plunge as US sanctions bite
Reuters . Beijing | Updated at 12:41am on July 28, 2019
China’s crude oil imports from Iran sank almost 60 per cent in June from a year earlier, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday, following the...
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India’s Venezuelan June oil imports highest in seven quarters
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:39am on July 28, 2019
India’s oil imports from Venezuela surged to about 475,200 barrels per day (bpd) in June, more than double the previous month and highest in 21...
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Businesses demand withdrawal of AT on raw materials import
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on July 28, 2019
Businesses on Saturday demanded withdrawal of advance tax (AT) on import of raw materials to keep prices of finished products affordable. At a workshop on...
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S Korea stops Iranian oil imports in May as sanction waivers end
Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:20am on June 16, 2019
South Korea halted all imports of Iranian oil in May, customs data showed on Saturday, as waivers on US sanctions against Iran ended at the...
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Rice import duty hiked to 55pc
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:09pm on May 22, 2019
The government on Wednesday increased the duties on rice import to 55 per cent from 28 per cent to discourage the import because of significant...
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