Israel has updated HS descriptions, as well as added and deleted records for fish (frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat), locust beans, seaweeds, and other algae. The following HTS chapters are affected: 03, 12, 15, 16, 39, 63, 76, and 87.

Israel has updated its general duty rates. Disclaimers have been added for general duty and purchase tax affecting certain products across the tariff. The following HTS chapter is affected: 87. Content such as this is sourced, analyzed, and updated daily by a team of over 100 trade analysts. Take a look at Management Dynamics' Global Trade Content.

Working with the Palestinian National BDS Committee, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended to the Brazilian Congress not to ratify the free trade agreement between Mercosur and Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”.

Israel's foreign trade with the five Mercosur companies totaled over $2 billion in 2008. Imports totaled $545 million, including $294 million from Brazil, $150 million from Argentina, and $700,000 from Venezuela. Exports totaled $1.36 billion, including $1.17 billion to Brazil (mostly fertilizers and agrochemical products), and $125 million to Argentina.