2. Main Industry Sectors
Economic Overview
Foreign Direct Investment [FDI]
FDI Government Measures
Country Strong Points
Country Weak Points
Foreign Trade Overview

3. Israel has a diversified and technologically advanced economy.
The agricultural sector employs 2% of the population and the country's main crops are fruits
and vegetables, cereals, wine and cattle farming.
Israel is self-sufficient in food production, with the exception of cereals.
The fields of excellence of the Israeli industry are chemical products (Israel specializes in
generic medicines), plastics engineering and high technologies.
The companies, particularly those of the state-of-the-art technology, have profited from the
collection of funds arriving from Wall Street and other financial centers of the world.
As a fact, Israel classifies second, after Canada, for the number of companies registered in the
American stock market.
The state-of-the-art technologies
(aeronautics, electronics, telecommunications, software, bio-technologies) represent about 40%
of GDP.
Israel are diamond cutting, textile and tourism.
This last one is always significant despite the Israeli-Palestian conflict.

4. While enduring the effects of the global economic crisis, Israel has experienced in 2009
an economic slowdown phase, without having to go into recession due to a cautious
monetary and fiscal policy.
The growth rate, which was revived in 2010, is estimated to be 4.2% and it is led by three
different drivers: a dynamic private consumption, a high level of investment in
companies and in R&D, and an increase in exports.
The growth should slow down in 2011 due to the presumed weakness of the economies
of Israel's main trade partners which are the United States and the European Union.
The priority of Israel is to maintain growth and control inflation on the context of the
currency appreciation (Shekel) and the rise in real estate prices.
The government has established a pro-active policy in order to reduce the public debt
and inflation.
Measures have been taken to reduce VAT and taxes in order to maintain domestic
consumption.
Israel enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the area and the average salary is at
a close level to the European average.
25% of Israelis live in poverty and inequalities are strong.
The unemployment rate experienced a rise with the global crisis, surpassing 7%, but it
has decreased to around 6% in 2010.

5. The investment system in Israel is liberal and most of the activities are open to private national and
foreign investors.
According to a report of the Bank of Israel, the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Israel totaled
USD 3.7 billion in 2009, which means a decrease of more than 50% compared to 2007, and they have
remained weak in 2010.
This strong decline can be explained by the context of the global economy and most of all, the American
economy because Israeli start-ups depend very much on the situation of the other side of the Atlantic.
Israel benefits from these assets: a strong R&D activity and a high-skilled and multilingual
workforce.
Israel suffers from a particularly unstable geopolitical environment.

6. Foreign investment incentives, to encourage investment in Israel, are given through the
recently revised law.
The new law differs from the first one by the addition of a financial incentives plan.

7. Israel is the country which invests the most in research and development (4.8% of the GDP)
in the world.
Israel has a highly qualified manpower, particularly in engineering.
Israel is ranked 2nd place in world, with regard to availability of venture capital.
Israel government provides the necessary support to entrepreneurs.

8. Corporate tax is relatively high.
The State of Israel has a significant public debt.
Manpower costs are higher than Asian or East European countries.
Israel suffers from great geopolitical instability due to the political
environment of the region.

9. The Israeli economy is extremely open. Israel's exports represent around 24% of the GNP. They are
the backbone of the country's growth.
In 2009, Israel's trade balance, which was previously in deficit, recorded a historical surplus due to a
strong drop on imports.
The situation was again reversed in 2010, a trend that should continue in 2011.
The main customers and suppliers of Israel are the European Union, the United States, Turkey,
Japan, India and China.
The main goods imported by the Israeli state are raw materials and half-finished products,
hydrocarbons, consumption goods (food products and drinks, electrical equipment, transport
equipment, etc.) and investment products.
The main national exports are manufactured goods which are often high technology products
(computer equipment, electronic components, aeronautics, electronic communication equipment,
verification products and pharmaceutical products).

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