ISC chairman claims that the war risk surcharges, the shifting of trucks from Haifa to Ashdod, due to the closure of the port of Haifa as well as the extra storage costs, are estimated to be around NIS90 millions

El Al’s revenue in the quarter fell 8% from the corresponding quarter to $447 million which it attributes to a 31% drop in incoming tourism during the quarter

The CBS also noted that in January-October Israel had a trade deficit of $3.5 billion with the EU and a positive trade balance of $3.4 billion with the US

In the first 10 months of 2006, state revenue from taxes reached more than NIS 147 billion, compared to more than NIS 133.4 billion in the same period of 2005

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics Business product fell by an annualized 5.6%, after rising by 7.9% in the previous quarter. Exports of goods and services fell 19.8%

Total industrial exports, excluding diamonds, fell by 2.5% to $7.2 billion during the same period, due mainly to plant closures in the north of Israel and a partial closure of Haifa port

Haifa Port lost NIS 35 million in revenue and in addition, had to pay port employees over NIS 12 million in premiums, even though they did not turn out to work

The increase in the State of Economy Index for July was revised upwards from 0.2% to 0.4%, and revised upwards for August from 0.3% to 0.5%