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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
• 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
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”