Israel is the first non-South American country to sign an FTA with the bloc.With the agreement, bilateral trade is expected to increase threefold in the next five years

The agreements aim to increase economic cooperation between Israel and Croatia, which is in the advanced stages of joining the European Union

The service from Israel will call at Australia's main maritime gateways: Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Freemantle and Melbourne

Israel is up from 24th place in 2009. Singapore and Hong Kong have for the first time in decades, topped the USA

The Bank of Israel's working assumption is that growth is continuing, albeit at a slower pace

This figure is less than the annualized growth rate of 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2009. Industrial output growth slowed to 0.2% in March 2010

In 2009 Israel's maritime gateways handled 979,500 loaded TEUs compared to 1,066,700 loaded TEUs in 2008, a drop of 8%

The plant, which will supply about 20% of Israel's annual domestic consumption, will supply water at the cost of US$ 0.57/m³