The value of industrial exports to Arab countries totaled $171 million for that period.
Some of that gain consists of rising exports to Iraq. According to David Artzi, head of the Israel Export and Cooperation Institute, 66 Israeli firms exported $3.7 million of goods to Iraq from January to September 2005, a rise of 25% over the same period last year.
Among the goods exported to Iraq were security related products, consumer items, trucking products, rubber, plastics, minerals, and quarried stone.
The biggest export gains were registered with Tunisia. Exports to that country were up by 145% over the January – September 2005 period, and reached $1.7 million. Most of those exports were chemicals.
Exports to Morocco were also up, growing by 43% during the January-September 2005 period, and reaching nearly $10 million.
In contrast, exports to Jordan dropped by 13% during that period. Much of that drop is attributed to a new Jordanian-American free trade agreement. Despite the drop, exports to Jordan, which amount to almost half of Israel’s industrial exports to Arab countries, were valued at $86.5 million for the January–September period of 2005. The bulk of those exports were machinery, textiles, leather, wood, furniture, and paper.
Artzi reported that 1,795 Israeli firms export to Jordan. He also said that the number of Israeli companies exporting to Egypt rose by 9% last year, to 123. Over the January–September 2005 period, Israeli exports to Egypt rose by 189% to $64.6 million, and consisted mostly of refined oil products, chemicals, and textiles.
Some of that gain consists of rising exports to Iraq. According to David Artzi, head of the Israel Export and Cooperation Institute, 66 Israeli firms exported $3.7 million of goods to Iraq from January to September 2005, a rise of 25% over the same period last year.
Among the goods exported to Iraq were security related products, consumer items, trucking products, rubber, plastics, minerals, and quarried stone.
The biggest export gains were registered with Tunisia. Exports to that country were up by 145% over the January – September 2005 period, and reached $1.7 million. Most of those exports were chemicals.
Exports to Morocco were also up, growing by 43% during the January-September 2005 period, and reaching nearly $10 million.
In contrast, exports to Jordan dropped by 13% during that period. Much of that drop is attributed to a new Jordanian-American free trade agreement. Despite the drop, exports to Jordan, which amount to almost half of Israel’s industrial exports to Arab countries, were valued at $86.5 million for the January–September period of 2005. The bulk of those exports were machinery, textiles, leather, wood, furniture, and paper.
Artzi reported that 1,795 Israeli firms export to Jordan. He also said that the number of Israeli companies exporting to Egypt rose by 9% last year, to 123. Over the January–September 2005 period, Israeli exports to Egypt rose by 189% to $64.6 million, and consisted mostly of refined oil products, chemicals, and textiles.