Until the initial authorization, Iraq was included in a list of hostile countries, with which trade was forbidden. It is now authorize to trade with Iraq until 15th July 2009

Exports of Israeli plastic and rubber products to Arab countries in 2006 were up 10% totalling US $48 million. The importing countries include Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Algeria

According to figures released last week by the Israel Export Institute, Israeli industrial exports to Arab countries grew, in the first quarter of 2006, by 34.5% to $57 million, compared to 2005

The group of businessmen will look into buying agricultre machinery and growth technologies in desret and mountain areas. About 50 additional visits from Arab and muslim countries which do not have diplomatic relation with Israel are expected

Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IEICI) announced last week that Israeli industrial export to Arab countries (not including diamonds) increased by 29% in 2005 and totaled an estimated USD 232.6 million

Israeli industrial exports, excluding diamonds, to Arab countries rose in January-September 2005 by 26%, compared with the corresponding period of 2004,to $171 million

The Finance Committee dealing with the construction of the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Particle Accelerator met in Amman, on November 7 and 8, 2005

In January-June 2005 Israel’s industrial exports to Arab countries, excluding diamonds, grew 21% to $106 million, compared with the corresponding period in 2004