CBS: Q2 - Industrial exports up 19.5%
Industry & Trade
06.08.06
CBS: Q2 - Industrial exports up 19.5%
In a detailed report the CBS noted that high-tech output rose by an annualized 14.7%. High tech exports rose by 29%
Central Bank: War costing about NIS 1 billion per week or 0.7-0.9% GDP loss monthly
Industry & Trade
06.08.06
Central Bank: War costing about NIS 1 billion per week or 0.7-0.9% GDP loss monthly
According to Fisher, the direct weekly cost of the war to the economy is between NIS 750 million and NIS 1.2 billion
Textiles manufacturers: Chinese textiles "floods" local market
Industry & Trade
06.08.06
Textiles manufacturers: Chinese textiles "floods" local market
Israel imported, during the first quarter of this year, 54 million items of apparel from China worth $80 million, 34% more than during the corresponding quarter of 2005
Q2 – Industrial exports up 9%
Industry & Trade
30.07.06
Q2 – Industrial exports up 9%
Manufacturers Association managing director Yoram Blizovsky said last week that in the second quarter of 2006 Industrial exports increased sharply by 9% to $7.6 billion
Belosovsky. Increasing Difficulties
Industry & Trade
30.07.06
More rockets strike Israeli towns & port city of Haifa- Damage to industry in north NIS 2-3b
Manufacturers Association managing director Yoram Blizovsky said last week that the nonstop barrage of Hezbollah missiles was devastating businesses in northern Israel, from the port of Haifa to Nazareth
Businesses in Katyusha range areas to be compensated
Industry & Trade
30.07.06
Businesses in Katyusha range areas to be compensated
Finance Ministry representatives including budgets director Kobi Haber, representatives of the employers and employees sectors signed late last weeka compensation deal for damages caused to businesses by hostilities in the north
Experts: Israel economy should weather the Lebanon conflict
Industry & Trade
24.07.06
Experts: Israel economy should weather the Lebanon conflict
according to local experts Israel's war with Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon should not derail the state's strong economy as long as fighting ends soon
IDF: Military logistics costing Israel over NIS 10m a day
Industry & Trade
24.07.06
IDF: Military logistics costing Israel over NIS 10m a day
The logistics cost of the IDF land forces, after ten days of fighting, in the war against Hizbullah, in Lebanon, had totaled NIS 100 million
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