According to Major General (res.) Yossi Ben-Hanan, head of the defense export aid department at the Israeli Defense Ministry, Israel's defense sector exports reached last year $3.6 billion

Minister of Industry Trade and Labor Mr. Ehud Olmert said last week that Israel and South Korea are considering to negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) gross exports was up last year by $6.7 billion to $38.5 billion, a 21.2% increase over 2003. Imports was up $6.9 billion to $41.1 billion, an increase of 20.1%

Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Ehud Olmert will visit South Korea and Hong Kong later this month. In a press release the ministry said last Wednesday that the minister will be accompanied by representatives of communications and remote learning compan

Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Ehud Olmert said last week that the new qualified industrial zone (QIZ) agreement signed in Cairo between the US, Israel and Egypt "creates a basis for stable relations between Israel and Egypt. It will weather diplo

Minister of Industry Trade and Labor Mr. Ehud Olmert said last week at the end of a ministerial visit to India that the Indian government had publicly told him that relations with Israel would continue

Mr. Shraga Brosh chairman of The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute had submitted to the government a $1.2 million plan for developing markets in India. The marketing plan was submitted to the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Mr.

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.