Mr. Yechiel Assia director general of The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute said last week that Israeli exports of medical equipment rose last year by 7.2% to $1.09 billion. Assia predicted that medical equipment exports will rise by a

At a meeting held last week with Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce president Uriel Lynn & EU Ambassador to Israel Ramiro Cibrian Uzal it was agreed to further advance bilateral trade relations on the basis of the European Neighbourhood Policy

In January 2005 import of goods (excluding diamonds) totaled $2.8 billion, export of goods (excluding diamonds) totaled $2.0 billion and the trade deficit (excluding diamonds) totaled $0.8 billion

Almost a year after the EU absorbed 10 new members, the Union endorsed at the beginning of December the "European Neighborhood" accords with seven of its neighbors.

Export Institute director General Yechiel Assia said last week that Israeli exports to Iraq totaled $3 million in January-September 2004, mostly consumer goods and defense products for the US military.

In a major step to further opening the Israeli economy to outside competition, the Director General of the Ministry of Trade & Industry, issued, on July 12th,a decree to temporarily abolish the need to gain an import license for goods imported from the f