Exports of Israeli plastic and rubber products to Arab countries in 2006 were up 10% totalling US $48 million. The importing countries include Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Algeria

Uriel Lynn said at a Euromed conference in Rome earlier this month that 45% of foreign investment in the Middle East (Jordan. Syria, Egypt, Tunis, Morocco, Israel, Lebanon, Algeria) by residents of European Union countries, amounting to $3.7 billion, was