
10.04.06
Israel's Polished Diamond Exports Rose 6.4% in March 2006
Since the beginning of 2006, net polished diamond exports decreased by 2.6% and reached $1.901 billion. net rough imports declined by 15%

10.04.06
In 2005, a 7% increase in the number of exporters
Efrat Cohen: In 2005, a 7% increase in the number of exporters (including diamond exporters) to the United States; an 8% percent increase in the number of exporters to Asia and a 10% decrease to the European Community; the largest number of exporters is t

03.04.06
CBS: net agricultural product grew in 2005 to NIS 6.9 billion
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said last Thursday that net agricultural product grew in 2005 to NIS 6.9 billion. The CBS noted that the outstanding growth can be attributed to cheaper fodder which helped slow the rising cost of agricultural inputs

20.03.06
New York's Common Retirement Fund to invest $100m in Israel
NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said last week during a meeting with Acting Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert that New York's Common Retirement Fund (CRF) will establish a new $100 million fund for investing in Israeli high-tech

20.03.06
Estimation: development momentum at Zim – will buy ships for millions
Zim has raised lately hundreds of millions of Dollars. Experts evaluate that Zim is about to gain new momentum with new purchases and development of new trade lines

13.03.06
Israel's Polished Diamond Exports Down 6.9% in January-February 2006
From the beginning of 2006 net rough imports declined by 5.7%. Shmuel Mordechai: it is too early to predict how the Israeli diamond industry will perform during 2006

06.03.06
Changes in Zim's AMP Global Line
Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, has announced that as of April 2006 the AMP vessels will call directly East Mediterranean ports instead of Adriatic ports

06.03.06
El Al to begin in-flight Internet trial
In a press release El Al Israel Airlines Ltd said last week that on three of its Boeing 777 jets it is already possible to surf the web, using the airline’s new "El Al Flyweb service"
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