NEWS

Israel Visit
Promotes Trade

Jerusalem (JTA) — This
week's visit by New Jersey
Governor Jim Florio and an
80-person trade delegation
from the Garden State has
already reaped some positive
results.
In the country to promote
business ties between their
state and Israel, the par-
ticipants have met with
dozens of Israeli profes-
sionals in fields ranging
from tourism and business to
agriculture and education.
During their five-day visit,
which was sponsored by the
New Jersey-Israel Commis-
sion, the participants visited
many of the country's top
companies and research
facilities to get a taste of
Israeli ingenuity.
In 1991, Israel ranked as
New Jersey's fifth most im-
portant trading partner.
New Jersey exported $488
million in products to Israel
last year — 4.5 percent of
New Jersey's total world ex-
ports in 1991.
"Our visit here has been
extremely positive," said
Mr. Florio, following a visit
to Elscint, one of the world's
leading medical technology
firms.
The company, which al-
ready has a highly suc-
cessful marketing sub-
sidiary in Hackensack, N.J.,
would like to increase its
sales in the United States,
said Mr. Florio, "and we
have every intention of help-
ing them. New Jersey is a
high-tech leader itself, and
we have the business know-
how to help companies
grow," he said.
Another area of potential
growth is the tourism in-
dustry, said Mr. Florio, who
signed a toui- ism agreement
with Eli Gonen, director
general of the Israel Min-
istry of Tourism. Some
15,000 New Jersey residents
visited Israel last year — a
number Israeli tourism offi-
cials would like to double.
The agreement calls for
both places to develop spe-
cial "tourism weeks" to
promote bilateral travel,
expand publicity and spon-
sor special tours.
Perhaps the most suc-
cessful venture to come out
of the visit is a joint project
to improve New Jersey's
tomatoes.
The goal of the project,
which calls for cooperation
between Garden State
agricultural representatives
and Israeli plant breeders, is
to produce a more
marketable, less perishable
New Jersey tomato.

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