The EU is the most important aviation market for Israel, accounting for 57% of scheduled international air passenger movements

Import of goods (gross, excluding diamonds) totaled NIS19.2 billion. 34% were imports from EU countries, 22% from Asian countries, 14% from USA

The report looked at 185 countries. At the top: Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand

The details were published by the Inbound Tourism Survey

The country has serve on the Council of Administration for the past four years

The countries from which exports to Israel totaled more than US2 billion: US, China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, UK, Switzerland and India

The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (IEI) reported last week that Israel's wine industry recorded a successful year in 2011 as wine exports grew by 5.5%

Despite the global economic crisis and the geo political situation in the Middle East, 2011 witnessed the highest number of tourists ever with the exception of 2010