Israel is the first Middle Eastern country to include Taiwan into its visa-waiver program. Israel has granted this privilege to no more than 55 nations

A total of 19,802 new cars were sold in Israel. The association: “should the market maintains its current sales level, 2011 will most probably end up with an all-time high”

The number of exporters to China has grown by 7.5%, totaling 700 compared to 652 in 2009

S&P downgraded Israel's US securities-backed credit rating to AA+, in accordance with its latest historic downgrade of the United States' credit rating

Import of investment goods (excluding ships and aircraft) in July 2011 totaled NIS 3.7B. In May-July 2011, import of investment goods rose by an annual rate of 0.9%

The figures show that 24% of the tourists were Jews and 68% were Christians