None of this would probably happen if they wouldn't share the hopes that peace is getting closer. Nobody in his right minds wants to invest in a war sticken zone.
a/12 business delegations in Israel this month
The number of business delegations and businesspersons visiting Israel as guests of the Export Institute rose by 16% in the first half of 2005.
Hadas Manor 22 Sep 05 15:55
The international business committee has renewed interest in investing in Israel and tightening commercial ties following disengagement, says Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute director Yechiel Assia. He said 12 business delegations with 100 participants were scheduled to visit Israel in September as guests of the Export Institute. Assia said the number of business delegations and businesspersons visiting Israel as guests of the Export Institute rose by 16% in the first half of 2005, compared with the first half of 2004. 1,200 businesspersons visited Israel in 66 delegations in the first half of 2005, compared with 700 businessperson in 57 delegations during the first half of 2004.
Business delegations from the US, India, Canada, Brazil, France the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Slovakia, Italy, and Turkey are visiting Israel during September. A ten-member US delegation was in Israel on September 19-21 for meetings with Israeli cosmetics, food, rubber and plastics, toys, and medical devices and hospital equipment companies.
A six-member Indian delegation, arriving on September 25, will visit software and communications companies. The Canadian delegation arriving on September 28 will include ten managers from medical centers. The delegation wants to study Israel’s medical system, especially hospitals and emergency medicine in view of possible purchases in these areas.
The five-member delegation from Brazil’s Ministry of Health will arrive on September 26 to find medical products, especially pharmaceuticals, suitable for the Brazilian market.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on September 22, 2005
b/Foreign direct investment running at annual $4b
Direct foreign investment in the first nine months of 2005 was 4.3 times the total for 2004.
Zeev Klein 10 Oct 05 14:47
Foreign investment in Israel has risen sharply in 2005. However, there has been a substantial slowdown in foreign investment in recent months, especially in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) listed shares. Foreign investment in Israeli securities (stocks and bonds) exceeded $3.5 billion in January-September 2005, 85% of the investment in 2004 as a whole, the Bank of Israel reported today. Foreign investment is running at over an annualized $4.7 billion.
Net direct foreign investment exceeded $3 billion in January-September, 4.3 times the amount invested in 2004 as a whole. Net direct foreign investment is running at an annualized $4 billion. There was a sell-off of direct foreign investments in September that totaled $1.25 billion.
The Bank of Israel also reported that foreign investment in the TASE plummeted in September to $49 million, from $245 million in August. Foreign investment in TASE-listed shares totaled $2.06 billion in January-September, 4.3 times the investment in 2004 as a whole.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on October 10, 2005
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