
23.05.05
Tender for new Eilat airport out this year
Sources closed to the Mayor of Eilat said last week that Minister of Transport Meir Sheetrit told Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzkhak-Halevy that the international tender for building a new airport north of Eilat will be issued by the end of 2005

23.05.05
Israeli pavilion at Paris Air Show ready for the June event
The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute said last week that it invested over NIS 5 millions to prepare the Israeli pavilion at the 46th Paris Air Show

23.05.05
World Bank to open liaison office in Israel
World Bank president Mr.James D. Wolfensohn and Mr.Yechiel Assia, director of Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute signed last week an agreement to set up a Private Sector Liaison Office (PSLO) in Israel

16.05.05
CBS :In 2004 Israel ranked first in R&D spending as proportion of GDP
The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS) reported last week, on the eve of Israel's day of independence, that the national spending on civilian research and development (R&D) in Israel totaled last year NIS 25.6 billion

16.05.05
Since 1948 Exports Up 4,700 - Fold And Population 8.5-Fold
On the eve of Israel’s 57th Independence Day, celebrated last week, the economic department of the Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI) announced that Industrial exports, excluding diamonds, had grown 4,700-fold, from $5 million in 1948 to $23.6 bill

16.05.05
Export Institute: 96 Israeli firms entered China in 2005
Mr. Yechiel Assia, director general of the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute said last week in a press release that 731 Israeli companies currently operate in China. Assia noted that in 2005, 96 new Israeli firms entered the Chinese ma

16.05.05
Q1: exports to USA up 9%
Analysis made by the planning, control and economic research department of the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute and published last week showed that Industrial exports to the USA, excluding diamonds, rose by 9% to $3.6 billion in the f

16.05.05
ICIC : In 2005 - 2,500 Israeli subsidiary firms operate worldwide
On the eve of Israel’s 57th Independence Day the Israeli Credit Insurance Company ICIC said that, based on figures published by D&B, some 2,500 subsidiaries of Israeli firms operate worldwide
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