JIMS attributes Israel's poor ranking in this year's report to a growing public sector. Last year Israel was ranked number 44

Imports from China (by country of origin) have grown from $900m in 2000 to $4.6b in 2007

In 2007, Israel imported a total of $56.6 billion worth of goods, out of which $24.2 billion originated from Europe

In fixed prices, Israel's expenditure on civilian R&D rose by 7.2% in 2007, over the year before, after rising by 3.3% in 2006 and 4.5% in 2005

Israel was ranked 27th in economic performance; 21st in government efficiency; 16th in business efficiency and 14th in infrastructures

The March 2008 survey shows Israel rising from 39th position in the global risk rankings, with a score of 71.06 out of 100

Israelis ranked 17th in the World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index for 2007-08, with a score of 5.18, out of 127 countries covered

The company will offer 42 tons of cargo capacity between Zurich and Tel Aviv with the introduction of an additional A-340 aircraft on this route