A delegation of senior Mercosur (Mercado Comun del Sur- South American Common Market ) officials arrived in Israel last week for a two-day visit to hold the first round of talks for a free-trade agreement with Israel

Supervisor of Banks at the bank of Israel, Mr. Yoav Lehman said last week in an interview with a leading Indian newspaper that the official process for the setting up of the first State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Israel, has been completed

K-Line: Kawasaki, Kisen, Kaisha, Ltd. one of Japan's leading shipping companies, is understood to be considering calling directly at Israeli Mediterranean ports

Israel's diamond industry ended 2005 with impressive growth in all areas of activity, maintaining its position as a major world manufacturing and trading center for polished and rough diamonds

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul paid a two-day visit to the region last Wednesday with an agreement to donate $5 million to the Palestinians to rehabilitate an industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip

Statistical analysis made by the economic department of Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IEICI) and published last week showed that Industrial exports to China, excluding diamonds, fell in January-September 2005 by 3.5% to $453 milli

A study conducted by Business Data Israel (BDI), based on figures published by the World Trade Organization (WTO), shows that Israel was in eighth place worldwide in per capita exports for 2004

"Zim Asia", Zim Integrated Shipping Services' container vessel which is suspected of sinking a Japanese fishing boat five weeks ago, in which seven Japanese fishermen drowned, docked at Haifa Port Sunday morning last week