A study conducted by Business Data Israel (BDI), based on figures published by the World Trade Organization (WTO), shows that Israel was in eighth place worldwide in per capita exports for 2004

Mr. Uriel Lynn Chairman, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce was elected last week for the second time to the board of directors of the Eurochambres

According to the World Bank "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs" report, published last week, Israel ranked 29th among 155 countries for business friendliness. The World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index ranks 155 economies worldwide

The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) announced last week that car ownership in Israel is less widespread than in developed countries

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

The latest report issued last week by the World Economic Forum, on Global Competitiveness, ranks Israel in nineteenth place among 104 countries. Israel advanced in the present report one place higher from its rank of 20th in 2003's report

Mr. Moshe Nahum head of the foreign relation desk at the Israeli manufacturers association said in a press release that over the last two years 19 technological co-operation agreements were signed between Israeli and European companies

Hatsu Marine a subsidiary of the global Evergreen shipping company is to start a weekly containerized service from the Far East to the Israeli medports of Ashdod & Haifa via the Italian trans-shipment port of Taranto.