One basic rule of thumb in international gift giving;ideally,any gift you present should be manufactured in your home country.Take special care to make sure that gift is not manufactured in a country or region that may cause insult to the recipient (for example:it would be insulting to give Saudi Arabian colleague a gift manufactured in Israel.) One basic rule of thumb in international gift giving; ideally, any gift you present should be manufactured in your home country. Take special care to make sure that gift is not manufactured in a country or region that may cause insult to the recipient (for example: it would be insulting to give Saudi Arabian colleague a gift manufactured in Israel.)