Pharmaceutical shipments can be highly volatile but they did the trick last month, driving Singapore export growth to a seven-month high. Non-oil domestic exports jumped 15.5 per cent over the same month last year, easily trumping economist expectations of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exports Surge
Singapore’s exports grew at a surprisingly robust pace in ... recently saying it would levy additional tariffs on as much as $50-billion worth of Chinese imports. Beijing has responded with similar measures on US products. Although many observers say ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-U.S. oil slumps as China threatens duty on U.S. crude imports
SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 touched their lowest level since ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-U.S. oil slumps as China threatens duty on U.S. crude imports
SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $63.84 a barrel ... ( read original story ...)
Spike in Singapore’s non-oil exports in May
Both electronic and non-electronic re-exports rose. Total trade rose over the year in May, supported by both export and import growth. Singapore-headquartered online media company targeting Indian Diaspora across Singapore, US, UK and Dubai. Connected to ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. oil slumps as China threatens duty on U.S. crude imports
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slumped on Monday after China threatened duties on American crude imports in an escalating trade dispute with Washington. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $63.84 a barrel, down $1.22 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s May exports surge past expectations but trade tensions cloud outlook
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s exports grew at their fastest pace in seven months in May, boosted by an extended surge in pharmaceutical shipments, though a heated Sino-U.S. trade dispute is clouding the outlook for the trade-dependent city state. ( read original story ...)
Singapore private home prices may surge 20% this year: Savills
Property consultancy Savills reckons that private home prices here may rise 15 to 20 percent for the whole of 2018 – up from its previous forecast of between 12 and 15 percent, reported Singapore Business Review. It raised its estimates after 22 units ... ( read original story ...)
Nirav Modi sought Singapore residency
MUMBAI: Diamond merchant Nirav Modi wanted to obtain the status of Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) after he decided to flee India and had submitted an application for the same with the Singapore authority. However, he was unable to get SPR status as CBI ... ( read original story ...)
SL – Singapore FTA: What has the government committed this country to?
that objective too would not be met by removing customs duties on imports from Singapore. There are some safeguards in the rules of origin protocol in the SLSFTA which states that certain operations will not be considered sufficient to confer status of ... ( read original story ...)
Cocaine bust stops alleged Australian plot to import drugs worth $105 million
Two Sydney men and a Queensland woman have been arrested over an alleged conspiracy to import more than 300 kilograms of Peruvian ... planned to bring the drugs into Australia via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. A Queensland woman, 34, was charged with ... ( read original story ...)
Plot to import 300kg of cocaine busted
A plot to import 300kg of South American cocaine into Australia has been thwarted. Two men were arrested after raids in Sydney for allegedly conspiring to bring the drugs into Australia from Peru via Singapore and Papua New Guinea. They are expected to be ... ( read original story ...)
Two Sydney men arrested over alleged attempt to import 300kg of cocaine
Two Sydney men have been arrested over an alleged plot to import $105 million worth of cocaine into Australia from Peru, via an elaborate route through Singapore and Papua New Guinea. Jeffrey John Sagar, 63, and Paul Michael Smith, 57, were arrested on ... ( read original story ...)
Import duty for steel, iron products increase to 35pc
Unfair competition in the textile sub-sector through importation of footwear and second hand clothes has led to an increase in import duty of 5 dollars per unit or 35% whichever is higher. Also Read Singapore Trade and Investment office opens in Kenya ... ( read original story ...)
S’porean Alleges He Was Locked Up In A Hell-Like Cell At KLIA Customs With Over 100 People
Joshua admits that it was his fault for not renewing his passport, adding that he was under the impression that it would be alright as at the Singapore customs he was told that it was okay and that they had allowed him to go to Kuala Lumpur. In his post ... ( read original story ...
Donald Trump slaps 25% tariffs on US$50B in Chinese imports
Trump has already slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and European allies ... in his press conference in Singapore on Tuesday, said the U.S. has a “tremendous deficit in trade with China and we have to do something about ... ( read original story ...)