Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-22 02:11:32|Editor: Mu Xuequan

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JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The exports of Israel's research and development (R&D) services jumped by 82.2 percent year on year to 5.27 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2019, according to a report by the Central Bureau of Statistics released on Wednesday.

In contrast to export of merchandise, export in services refers to the sale and delivery of intangible products such as transportation, tourism, telecommunications, construction, advertising, computing, accounting and R&D.

In addition, Israel's services exports of start-up companies more than tripled to 2.37 billion dollars in the same period, compared to 704 million dollars in 2018.

The leading type of services exported from Israel in the first half of 2019 was computer programming including consultancy and related activities, data processing, hosting related activities and web portals.

However, a slight increase of 2.5 percent was recorded in Israel's tourism services exports, from 3.61 billion dollars in 2018 to 3.7 billion dollars in 2019.

On the other hand, there was a 5.2-percent decline in services exports of manufacturing, mining and quarrying, from 1.73 billion dollars to 1.64 billion dollars in 2019.