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US VP Pence reaffirms US continued commitment to ASEAN
United States Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the US’ continued commitment to strengthen and deepen its strategic partnership with ASEAN during his visit to...
Kuwait becomes 109th contracting party to RKC
Kuwait acceded to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention or RKC) and to the Convention on Temporary...
IMF predicts 6.4% growth for Emerging Asia
Growth in Emerging and Developing Asia is expected to hold steady at 6.4% in 2017 and 2018, unchanged from the 6.4% growth recorded in...
SG Customs issues memo on complying strictly with import rules
Singapore Customs is reminding traders and importers of goods into Singapore to comply with the Customs Act, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act,...
Draft PH customs rule guides handling of stores aboard foreign air,...
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) have released the draft administrative order that will implement the provisions of the...
Counterfeit mobile phone syndicate in Singapore busted
In a 10-hour operation mounted on 11 April 2017, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), together with Singapore Customs, conducted simultaneous raids in...
OECD: One in five mobile phones shipped abroad is fake
Nearly one in five mobile phones and one in four video game consoles shipped internationally is fake, as a growing trade in counterfeit IT...
Political uncertainty imperils trade recovery in 2017-18, says WTO
The World Trade Organization (WTO) said it expects world trade to grow 2.4% in 2017, up from a very weak 1.3% in 2016, but...
Merkel, leaders of five multilateral agencies seek answers to globalization challenges
German Chancellor Angela Merkel played host to her annual meeting involving the chiefs of the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World...
Asia’s growth still not independent of the West, says analyst
Strengthening integration and intraregional trade in Asia may cushion the impact of external demand shocks, but it does not make the region less vulnerable...
