2004 budget deficit - 3.9% of GDP
Industry & Trade
10.01.05
2004 budget deficit - 3.9% of GDP
The Ministry of Finance Accountant General announced last week that the Government's budget deficit totaled NIS 20.4 billion in 2004, 3.9% of GDP
2004 GDP - 4.2% growth
Industry & Trade
03.01.05
2004 GDP - 4.2% growth
The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS) reported last week that Israel's GDP rose by 4.2% in 2004. The CBS said in an end of year statement that the GDP was slightly higher than previously forecasted
Port of Haifa
Sea Transport
03.01.05
Port of Haifa – 2004 a record breaking year
Port of Haifa container terminal managed, during the first ten months of 2004, to break the 2003 container movement record. The 2003 record was set at TEU 1,022,000. The port management expects total container movement in 2004 to be TEU 1,035,000
CBS : Israel's terms of trade deteriorated 1.7% in Q3
Industry & Trade
03.01.05
CBS : Israel's terms of trade deteriorated 1.7% in Q3
The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) reported last week that Israel's terms of trade deteriorated by a further 1.7% in the third quarter of 2004, following 1% deterioration in the second of 2004
Israel and China: $5b annual trade by 2008
Industry & Trade
03.01.05
Israel and China: $5b annual trade by 2008
Israel and China set last week a joint bilateral trade target of US$5 billion by 2008. The bilateral trade target was set in Jerusalem by Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Mr. Ehud Olmert and Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Tang Jiaxuan
Minister Olmert with the Secretary General of the
Industry & Trade
03.01.05
Israel was invited as an observer to OECD trade committee
The chairman of the trade committee of the OECD had invited Israel to participate, on an ad hoc basis, as an observer in trade discussions
Port of Ashdod
Sea Transport
03.01.05
Port of Ashdod – NIS 110 Millions surplus in first ten months 0f 2004
Figures published last week by the port of Ashdod indicate 220% increase in operating profit ( total revenue over costs ) for the first ten months of 2004. According to the port management, the surplus of revenue over expenditure, amounted to NIS 110 M
On the Threshold of 2005 – 6,862,000 Residents in the State of Israel
Industry & Trade
03.01.05
On the Threshold of 2005 – 6,862,000 Residents in the State of Israel
76% of the residents in Israel are Jews, 20% are Arabs and 4% are Others; The rate of growth of the population of Israel in 2004 was 1.7%, the lowest since 1990; During 2004 there were 143,000 babies born in Israel; In 2004 approximately 20,000 New Immigr
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