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Mercosur – Israel
Roy Nir
Consul for Economic Affairs
São Paulo - Brazil
15.03.2010
Israel - Economic Indicators
• Area: 22,145 sq km
• Population (2009): 7.5 Million
• GDP (2009): US$ 208 Billion
• GDP Growth (2009): 0.7%
• GDP per capita (2009): US$ ~28,000
• Foreign Direct Investment (2008): US$ 9.6 Billion
• Total Imports (2009): US$ 49 Billion
• Total Exports (2009): US$ 41.5 Billion
• Inflation (2009): 3,9%
• Unemployment (current): 7,4%
Total Israeli Exports
2009 – by Sector
Total Israeli Imports
2009 – by Sector
Total Brazilian Exports
2009 – by Sector
Total Brazilian Imports
2009 – by Sector
Brasil – Israel Trade
Mercosur - Israel Trade
The Israeli trade with Mercosur represents 51% of the total bilateral trade
beteen the country and Latin America.
Mercosur – Israel Trade
• Initial Provisions
• General Provisions
• Trade in Goods
• Rules of Origin and Customs Procedure
• Safeguards
• Technical Regulations
• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• Technical and Technological Cooperation
• Institutional Provisions
• Publications and Notifications
• Dispute Settlement
• Exceptions
• Final Provisions
Mercosur – Israel FTA - Implementation
• Brazil as the South American hub for Israeli exports (First Israeli FTA in
the continent)
facilitating:
Business
Development Israeli Exhibitions
Platform &
• Direct investment in Brazil Exporter Trade Shows
• Strategic Alliances
Training
• Joint Ventures (JV) Visits to Israel
by Brazilian
“How to do
business?
decision makers
• Business Opportunities Focused Road
in Brazil”
shows in Brazil
“Shavit Program”
• Telecom
• Home Land Security
• Medical Devices & Bio-Pharma
• Clean-Tech and Water Technology
Key
Key Objective:
Objective:
Widen
Widen and
and deepen
deepen business
business cooperation
cooperation between
between Israel
Israel
and
and Brazil
Brazil while
while creating
creating valuable
valuable business
business opportunities
opportunities
and
and enhancing
enhancing the
the presence
presence of
of Israeli
Israeli High-tech
High-tech industries
industries
in
in Brazil
Brazil
“Shavit Program”