Industrial exports, including high tech, and excluding diamonds, have begun to recover and are fuelling Israel’s economic growth and recovery, according to a report from the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Exports rose some 11% in the second quarter of July 2009 after falling by some 16% in the first quarter. High-tech exports, comprising 52% of the total of industrial exports, were up some 10% in the second quarter after climbing 11% in the first quarter.