Eitan Port's Pier 23 was deepened from 12.5 meters to 15.5 meters below sea level, and Pier 21 was deepened to 14 meters. Ships that carry TEU 6,000 along key international shipping routes can call at the port

The manufacturing component in the Procurement Managers Index rose by 11.9% from 54.3% in July to 66.2% in August

The CBS also noted that overall investment will go up despite the recent war. Israel’s GDP will grow this year by 4.5%, compared with 5.2% annualized growth in the first half of the year

Hirchson began conducting a series of meetings with other officials and business people at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in Singapore early last week

According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor foreign trade administration the annual purchasing budget of the UN is US$4 billion and Israeli companies have good chances to supply UN needs

The report also noted that at the end of June 2006 Israel was owed $24 billion

In a statement issued by the IAA the authority said that the priority status will be valid until the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan which ends on October 18

almost 45% of the business entities regard Fedex as the most professional and fastest express parcel operator in Israel