The former president of the Israeli Chamber of Shipping, Mr. Ganzarski, joins Reynold, forwarding arm of the Sun Hing Group, as Managing Director from 1 January 2006

Israel's diamond industry ended 2005 with impressive growth in all areas of activity, maintaining its position as a major world manufacturing and trading center for polished and rough diamonds

Statistical analysis made by the economic department of Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IEICI) and published last week showed that Industrial exports to China, excluding diamonds, fell in January-September 2005 by 3.5% to $453 milli

Finance, Trade and Industry Minister Ehud Olmert met last week with the Jordanian Trade Minister Zuabi Sharif at the Sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong

Finance and Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Ehud Olmert met last Wednesday WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy at the trade conference in Hong Kong

A study conducted by Business Data Israel (BDI), based on figures published by the World Trade Organization (WTO), shows that Israel was in eighth place worldwide in per capita exports for 2004

Mr. Dror Strum Antitrust Authority director general, declared last week that El Al Israel Airlines ltd was a monopoly on four long-distance routes between Tel Aviv and: Johannesburg, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Mumbai (Bombay)

Chambers of Commerce president Uriel Lynn addressed last week the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert to lower the present high customs duties on food imports