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

Shuki Sagis: “the new cranes will improve significally Eitan Port’s output”. The cranes, which cost 78 Million Shekel, will be operative within a year

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

Last week operation workers at Ashdod port initiated disruptions and sanctions in a dispute with the port management over the worker's financial demands

Arzi noted that in 2005 life sciences exports rose by 35% to $3.3 billion

The Ministry of Finance amended last week its growth forecast for 2006. According to the newly amended growth forecast, Israel's economy will grow by 4.1% this year and business product will grow by 5%

Study published last week on Israel's textile industry shows that in the decade since 1995, the number of textile workers has gone down by 60%, amounting to 29,700 lost jobs to 18,700 employed today

In a statement issued last week by Israel Farmer's Federation the Federation noted that over 11,000 farmers have abandoned the agriculture sector over the past decade