Acting Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Ehud Olmert said last week that Israel meets all major criteria and demands required for joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Efrat Cohen: In 2005, a 7% increase in the number of exporters (including diamond exporters) to the United States; an 8% percent increase in the number of exporters to Asia and a 10% decrease to the European Community; the largest number of exporters is t

David Arzi, Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd (IAI) deputy CEO and Israel Export Institute chairman, said last week that Bedek Aviation Group, A subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd will provide, in a deal worth $10 million, Australian airline Qantas

Arzi noted that in 2005 life sciences exports rose by 35% to $3.3 billion

In its recent edition, published February 6th, Forbes rated Israel in 28th place (among 135 countries rated) on its first Capital Hospitality Index of investor-friendly countries

V.A. Middle East Forwarders LTD announced last week a new express groupage container service, via Koper, to central European destinations

According to the World Bank "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs" report, published last week, Israel ranked 29th among 155 countries for business friendliness. The World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index ranks 155 economies worldwide

The awards were presented by Ehud Olmert Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, and Vice Prime Minister and Israel-Australia, New-Zealand & Oceania Chamber of Commerce chairman Mr.Gurion Meltzer