Korean Air Cargo has served the Seoul-Tel Aviv route through a codeshare agreement with El Al Israel Airlines. cargo transport service will be improved in terms of capacity and schedule stability

Export surplus reached $400m in Q3 and $1.5b over the past six months. According to the figures, Israel is owed $30b by various countries, an increase of 50% from the preceding quarter

According to reports in the ultra orthodox press the unofficial boycott has reached beyond the boundaries of the state of Israel. Continental airlines 8.8% more in comparison to the parallel month last year

Israel and Ukraine agreed last week to set up a joint working group which will negotiate a free trade agreement between the two countries. In 2005 bilateral trade between Israel and the Ukraine totaled $369 million

A live tiger weighing 200 kg was shipped last week from Frankfurt to Tel Aviv via Zurich on board Swiss World cargo flight # LX254. The tiger was flown to its new home in the biblical zoo in Jerusalem

Customs found thousands of suspected faked Nike shoes in a container which was physically examined. Faked documents were found evidencing the false value declaration to customs

Mr. Yoram Hoffman, director general of AMA, said that the new system can increase transportation distance and bring Israeli fresh produce such as Avocadoes to far away markets

ISC chairman claims that the war risk surcharges, the shifting of trucks from Haifa to Ashdod, due to the closure of the port of Haifa as well as the extra storage costs, are estimated to be around NIS90 millions