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Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/127180/boycott-fears-dismissed-trade-hits-record-high
Boycott Fears Dismissed as UK-Israel Trade Hits Record High
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Sandy Rashty - The latest figures from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics - covering the first 10 months of 2014 - show bilateral trade at a record 3.16 billion pounds, with exports from Israel to the UK up 14% and Israeli imports from Britain up 13%. Previous figures for the period showed trade worth 2.5 billion pounds. British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould said: "The idea that there is some sort of effective boycott going on isn't borne out by the facts. Ditto on the academic side." "There's a long list of British companies now in partnership with Israeli technology," he added.