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Israeli Hummus is winning America over
May 6, 2013, category: General
The Wall Street Journal reports that apparently “Hummus is conquering America”- Sabra Dipping Co., a joint venture of PepsiCo Inc. and Israel’s Strauss Group Ltd., wants to cultivate a commercial crop in Virginia to reduce its
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Israel – Egypt Bilateral Trade Grows 53% Between 2008 and 2011
April 30, 2013, category: General
In 2011 (latest data available) Israel-Egypt bilateral trade reached $415 million dollars, with Israeli exports to Egypt reaching $236 million and Egyptian exports to Israel totaling $178 million. We estimate that around $100 million of
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QIZs Boost Egyptian Exports to the U.S. – 124% Growth Since 2004
April 19, 2013, category: Economy, General, Trade Policy
Egyptian exports to the United States increased dramatically since the first Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) was established. Since 2004, the year prior to the establishment of the first Egyptian QIZ, Egyptian exports totaled $1.3 billion
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Opportunities to Submit U.S.- Israel Joint Proposals to the BIRD Foundation
January 10, 2013, category: General
Accelerating Growth through U.S. – Israel Strategic Partnerships The Next Opportunity to Submit U.S.- Israel Joint Proposals to the BIRD Foundation To be considered, a project proposal should include: o
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United States – Israel High Level Economic Policy Meeting
October 31, 2012, category: Economy, General
The U.S. Department of State reports that senior economic officials from the United States and Israel discussed macroeconomic trends and policy challenges as well as other key bilateral economic issues
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Israel and the US sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement in Telecommunication Products
October 17, 2012, category: General
Israel and the United States announced on Oct. 15 the signing of a mutual recognition agreement that will ease burdens on American and Israeli companies seeking to export telecommunications products to the otehr country. This agreement,
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Importing into the United States- a Guide for Commercial Importers
October 15, 2012, category: General, Trade Policy
Please find a link below which provides general and specific information about how to import into the US, courtesy of the US Federal Government’s Customs and Border Protection: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/publications/trade/iius.ctt/iius.pdf
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US- Israel Bilateral Trade Review
October 11, 2012, category: General, Trade Policy
A Successful FTA – U.S.-Israel Commercial Exchanges Grew Nearly 350% Since 1992 Between 1992 and 2010 U.S.-Israel bilateral commercial exchanges (trade in goods, services, and direct investments) grew an astonishing 350%, from $12.5 billion
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Israel Chosen to Host World’s Largest International Space Conference
October 11, 2012, category: General, Technology
The International Space Conference will be held in Israel in 2015, the Science and Technology Ministry has reported, and will be one of the largest conferences in Israel in years, the Jerusalem Post reported. The
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Samsung comes out of the ‘Israel closet’ Samsung’s Israeli R&D work revealed
October 3, 2012, category: General, Technology
Israeli R&D centers — Samsung’s only such centers outside of South Korea — responsible for newest smartphone’s camera technology Not that it was exactly a secret, but it turns out that
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