Israeli imports from China rise 28.3 pct from Jan. to Sept.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli imports of goods from China, excluding diamonds, rose by 28.2 percent year on year to 9.83 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2022, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

In the third quarter alone, Israeli imports from China amounted to 3.34 billion dollars, an increase of 14.8 percent from 2.91 billion dollars in the same period last year, the bureau said in a press release.