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WebGuide Israel

The following WebGuide, compiled by the Ypsilanti Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Israel, please click here.

 

Airlines

Arkia Israeli Airlines

http://www.arkia.co.il/ 

El Al Israel Airlines

http://www.elal.co.il/ 

El-Al - Cargo

http://www.elal.co.il/

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Banks

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

Comprehensive listing of Israeli Banks from Reserve.com. http://www.reserve-bank.com/

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Business with Israel

Doing Business in Israel

http://inic.utexas.edu/

Chamber Of Commerce - Tel Aviv

http://www.chamber.org.il/ 

Starting and conducting successful business in Israel

http://www.globalworkshop.com/

Doing Business in Israel including Starting and Conducting International Business

http://www.predeparture.com/

Doing Business in Israel

http://www.worldbiz.com/

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Chambers of Commerce

America - Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago

http://www.investisrael.org/ 

American-Israel Chamber of Commerce - SE Region

http://www.aiccse.org/ 

American-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Minnesota

http://www.aiccmn.org/ 

Australia - Israel Chamber of Commerce

http://www.aicc.org.au 

Israel British Chamber of Commerce

http://www.ibcc.co.il/ 

Chamber Of Commerce - Tel Aviv

http://www.chamber.org.il/ 
FICC - The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce http://www.chamber.org.il/
Israel-America Chamber of Commerce & Industry (1965) Ltd., America House, 35 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., P.O Box 33174, Tel Aviv 61333, Israel, Tel: 972-3-6952341, Fax: 972-3-6951272, email: amcham@amcham.co.il

http://www.amcham.co.il/ 

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Directories and Databases

The Israel Export Institute. Information about the Israel economy, exporters and importers

http://www.export.gov.il/Index.asp 

NETO HI-Tech - Israel's High Tech Directory

http://www.neto.co.il/ 
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Financing Agencies

Bank of Israel - Welcome!

http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/ 

Israel Ministry of Finance, International Division

http://www.mof.gov.il/

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General Country Information

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library http://www.columbia.edu/cu/l 
Harvard Universities Center for Middle Eastern Studies http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/ 
Lonely Planet's Guide to Israel http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com 
Lycos City Guide for Israel http://travel.lycos.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Business, Law and Technology http://www.idc.ac.il/ 

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Israel's Economic Outlook

International Economics

http://www.bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/

Israel Finance Ministry, Economic Outlook

http://www.mof.gov.il/

Israel Finance Ministry, Economic Outlook

http://www.mof.gov.il/

Israel Finance Ministry, Economic Outlook

http://www.mof.gov.il/

Israel Finance Ministry, Economic Outlook

http://www.mof.gov.il/

Israel Finance Ministry, International Division - Economic Outlook

http://www.mof.gov.il/

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Israel's Government

Governments on the WWW: Israel

http://www.gksoft.com/

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Market Research

Strategis - Activities and Events - By Sector

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/

ADKiT (Israel) Ltd. - Market Research, Profound, Advertising Monitorin...

http://www.adkit.co.il/ 

Modi'in Ezrachi

http://www.argus.co.il/ 

Atlantic Research Technologies, L.L.C.: Executive Search, Recruiters, Headhunters...

http://www.atlanticresearch.com/ 

boi - Research Department Papers

http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/
Search Israeli Market Research Firms via ESOMAR, the World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals http://www.esomar.org/
US Department of Commerce http://www.buyusainfo.net/

Info-Prod Research - Business Information on Middle East Markets and Industries

http://www.infoprod.co.il/ 

IsraTec - Professional Services to Israel's High Technology Industries

http://www.isratec.co.il/ 

Joel Leyden - Israel - International Marketing, Public Relations, Inte...

http://www.leyden.net/ 

MindBranch - Market Research and Market Analysis - Friday May 18, 2001

http://www.mindbranch.com/ 

Vivid Management Systems

http://www.vivid.co.il/ 

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 45042049 60426936 97510998 52367364
336 Transportation Equipment 17903185 28291947 73135549 22378597
333 Machinery Manufactures 5701081 15242525 8484073 7527719
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 5542803 4657528 5069621 4455194
339 Misc. Manufactures 3318671 2825330 1634110 4070547
325 Chemical Manufactures 5651615 3334184 3092240 3790028
337 Furniture & Related Products 1244222 989432 1530363 1474975
311 Processed Foods 2895975 2534345 1132960 1464351
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 616644 360668 328811 1385814
332 Fabricated Metal Products 532248 460472 953447 1349604
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 239288 102556 131594 823754
112 Animal Production 3243 28486 6928 596834
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 110480 196007 355474 571860
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 261043 215608 330463 520247
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 284020 189458 402575 513605
113 Forestry & Logging 0 0 0 304808
323 Printing & Related Products 166558 84973 136813 248241
313 Fabric Mill Products 22775 150759 503138 222284
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 70418 49683 20401 153398
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 19930 21476 0 123598
321 Wood Products 0 0 0 112164
910 Waste & Scrap 0 178967 42158 102480
322 Paper Products 146854 142270 61303 101004
316 Leather & Related Products 90272 14985 5840 27177
111 Crop Production 184894 117448 130036 27083
920 Used Merchandise 6747 218900 7617 14998
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 0 7000
315 Apparel Manufactures 29083 10875 11700 0
212 Mining 0 8054 3784 0
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 0 0

Ask us for more detailed statistics.

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities Universities in Israel http://www.science.co.il/
Colleges and Universities Haifa, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion)  http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/ 
Colleges and Universities Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biological Services and Crown Human Genome Center Bioinformatics and Biological Computing http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/ 
Search Engines

Global - Search Engine Colossus

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/ 
Search Engines

Joint Israel website Search Engine

http://www.jdc.org.il/search.html 
Search Engines

Walla!

http://www.walla.co.il/ 
US Subsidiaries 3COM, Israel http://www.3com.co.il/ 
US Subsidiaries Apple Israel http://www.yeda.co.il/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco Israel Offices, Herzlia Business Park , 4 Maskit St. P.O Box 12497, Herzlia Pituach 46766 , Israel, Tel : 972-9-9700000, Fax : 972-9-9700444 http://www.cisco.com/il/ 
US Subsidiaries Computer Associates Israel Ltd., Kiriat Atidim Bldg. # 3, P.O. Box 58160 Tel Aviv 61580, Phone 972-3-7661313, Fax 972-3-7661414, Email ismarket@ca.com  http://www.cai.com/
US Subsidiaries H-P, Israel http://welcome.hp.com/
US Subsidiaries IBM Israel Ltd., 2 Weizmann Street, Post Office Box 33666, 61336 Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel: (972) 3 6978500, Fax: (972) 3 6978920, E-mail: spoe-israel@il.ibm.com  http://www-5.ibm.com/il/ 
US Subsidiaries Intel, Israel http://www.intel.com/
US Subsidiaries Motorola Israel http://www.motorola-semi.co.il 
US Subsidiaries Oracle, Israel http://www.oracle.com/il/ 
US Subsidiaries Qualcom Israel http://www.qualcomm.co.il/ 
US Subsidiaries Silicon Graphics Israel http://www.sgi.co.il/ 

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Newspapers

Online Newspaper's listing of Israeli Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

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Transportation

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

Listing of freight forwarders and customs house brokers by country. http://www.freightnet.com/

ABC Country Book of Israel - transportation 

http://www.theodora.com/

Ashdod freight, transportation and shipping services

http://sailings.to/ashdod/index.html  

Ben Gurion Airport - Israel airport, arriving and departing flight information

http://www.ben-gurion-airport.co.il/ 

Israel freight, transportation and shipping services

http://sailings.to/israel/index.html 

Israel Railways

http://www.israrail.org.il/

Open Directory - Regional: Middle East: Israel: Transportation

http://dmoz.org/

Ports and Railways Authority

http://www.israports.org.il/ 

Transportation

http://members.tripod.com/

TRI-Transportation Research Institute

http://listserv.ac.il/~ttri 

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Travel and Tourism

Allexperts Israel Travel 

http://www.allexperts.com/

Dead Sea Guide

http://www.dead-sea.net/ 

Discover Israel Online 

http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/ 

InIsrael - InterActive Israel Tourism Guide

http://www.inisrael.com 

Interactive Israel tourism guide

http://www.insite.co.il/

InTourNet's Israel Travel Magazine

http://www.israel-travel.co.il 

Israel Hotel Association

http://www.israelhotels.org.il/ 

Israel Infotour - Israeli Tourism & Recreation SiteEnglish Israel To...

http://www.infotour.co.il/ 

Israel Museums Guide

http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/

Israel Top Awards Travel Guide - Israel Complete Travel Bargains, Tour...

http://www.israel-travel.net/

Israel Tour and Travel Site Map Index and Search Site - Israel Compreh...

http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/

Israel Tourist Guide

http://www.touristguide.co.il/ 

Israel toursim and hotels online lodging guide

http://www.inisrael.com/

Israel Travel Guide

http://www.mytravelguide.com/

Jerusalemcity

http://www.jerusalemcity.com/ 

MeidaNet

http://www.meidanet.com 

Nazareth City Travel Guide

http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/

Nebo Tourism Services

http://www.nebo.com.jo 

Open Directory - Regional: Middle East: Israel: Travel and Tourism

http://www.dmoz.org/

Palmair Travel

http://www.palmairtravel.com/ 

Tour-Guides.co.il

http://www.tour-guides.co.il/ 

TRAVEL 2000 : the tourist information center of Israel

http://www.travel2000.co.il/ 

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Israel http://www.buyusa.gov/israel/en/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3581.htm 
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
US Embassy Tel Aviv http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/
Department of Energy's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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