The agrarian sector in Israel had a production value of 28.4 billion shekel or 5.7 billion Euro in 2011. That is 6% more than in 2010. The total production consisted of 60% vegetable products and 40% animal products. The production value of the vegetable products increased by about 4% to 3.4 billion Euro. The production value of the animal products increased even by 9% to 2.3 billion Euro.
Of the vegetable products vegetables, potatoes and melons are the most important. The production value of those increased by about 1% in 2011 compared to 2010 and reached 1.2 billion Euro. Fruit excluding citrus followed with a production value of 1.18 billion Euro (+11% compared to 2010). Citrus fruit had a production value of 281 million Euro in 2011. That is about 8% less than in 2010.
Against the increased production volume there are also in many production groups clearly increased production costs. In total the Israeli agricultural branch spent about 3.5 billion Euro for production means in 2011 (labour not included). That is 11% more than in 2010.