Export Institute director General Yechiel Assia
Industry & Trade
29.11.04
January-September : Exports to Arab states up 53% - $135m
Export Institute director General Yechiel Assia said last week that Israeli exports to Iraq totaled $3 million in January-September 2004, mostly consumer goods and defense products for the US military.
BASF & Kibbutz Industries Association, signed strategic agreement
Industry & Trade
29.11.04
BASF & Kibbutz Industries Association, signed strategic agreement
The German multinational chemicals and plastics concern BASF and the Kibbutz Industries Association signed last week a cooperation agreement.
Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu - Israel's Minister of Fina
Industry & Trade
29.11.04
Olmert and Netanyahu to Head Official Mission to India in Early December 2004
Deputy prime minister Mr. Ehud Olmert Minister of Industry, Trade, and Employment and Finance Minister Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu will head an official delegation to India which will visit the country during December.
Left: Eitan Rob Head of the Israeli Customs, Mr. B
Industry & Trade
29.11.04
Civil Service Commissioner visited Jordan river border crossing
Mr.Shmuel Hollander the Civil Service Commissioner visited recently the Jordan River Border Crossing to have a close view of the Customs Authority demand to increase the number of customs officers at the busy border.
Report: 4 years Intifada cost Israel $12b
Industry & Trade
22.11.04
Report: 4 years Intifada cost Israel $12b
According to calculations made by credit risk group Business Data Israel (BDI) the Israeli economy has lost some $12 billion over the past four years as a result of clashes between Israelis and Palestinians,The Palestinian economy, according to the BDI, l
Mr. Ehud Olmert
Industry & Trade
22.11.04
Business delegation headed by Olmert to visit India
Mr. Ehud Olmert Minister of Industry Trade and Labor will visit India in early December. Olmert will head a 100-member business delegation of Israeli high-tech, defense and security executives, biotechnology, infrastructures, environment, agriculture. The
Mr. Uriel Lynn - chairman of the Federation of Isr
Industry & Trade
22.11.04
Lynn – bilateral trade with EU to increase by 20% in 2004
Mr. Uriel Lynn, president of The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce ( FICC ) said last week that bilateral trade with the EU will reach the 35 billion dollars mark in 2004. In a press release based on figures published by theCentral Bureau of Stat
CBS : Exports to US up 29.3%
Industry & Trade
22.11.04
CBS : Exports to US up 29.3%
The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) reported last Wednesday that exports to the US surged by an annualized 29.3% in the past three months. The increase according to the CBS extends a 23.4% rise in US-bound exports between May and July of 2004
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