Israel's population topped 7 million for the first time on the eve of its 58th Independence Day, according to the government's statistics bureau

This growth is also reflected in Israel’s foreign trade imports rose from NIS 43.4 billion in 1970 to NIS 204 billion in 2005

Amos Uzani, Haifa Port’s CEO, added that with the two new cranes he expect container productivity to increase by almost 20%

industrial exports, excluding diamonds, has grown 5,100 folds, from US$5 millions in 1948 to US$25.5 billions in 2005

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) revealed last week that 465,000 tourists enteries were registered in Israel during the first three months of 2006, (25% more than in the parallel period of 2005).

The Bank of Israel stresses that relatively high growth in real economic activity indices were reflected in a 3.2% increase in the combined index

The Bank of Israel announced last week that the March 2006 State of the Economy Index rose by 0.5%

The International Agricultural Exhibition, Agritech 2006, will open this week from May 9-11