Bank of Israel - Main Israeli economic data

Main Israeli economic data

Report production time: 07-Jul-2008, 10:45:02

BANK OF ISRAEL - RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

MAIN ISRAELI ECONOMIC DATA

FOREIGN TRADE AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

C-5: FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE, NET, EXCL. SHIPS & AIRCRAFT, AT CONSTANT PRICES

($ million, 1995 prices, seasonally adjusted data)

	Exports		Imports			Deficit
	Total	Excluding diamonds	Total	Imports excluding diamonds	Imports excluding fuel & diamonds	Total	Imports excluding diamonds	Surplus on diamond trade
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Quarterly average
2004	8,023	5,923	9,089	7,012	6,135	-1,067	-1,089	22
2005	8,193	6,211	9,340	7,342	6,395	-1,148	-1,131	-17
2006	8,577	6,894	9,319	7,593	6,764	-741	-698	-43
2007	9,596	7,840	10,268	8,549	7,723	-672	-708	36
2008	9,951	8,344	10,817	9,117	8,304	-866	-772	-93
Quarterly data
2006:2	8,548	7,047	9,249	7,503	6,649	-701	-457	-244
2006:3	8,736	6,945	9,062	7,627	6,860	-326	-682	356
2006:4	8,919	7,150	9,643	7,737	6,827	-724	-587	-137
2007:1	9,339	7,606	9,759	8,027	7,257	-420	-421	1
2007:2	9,205	7,517	10,089	8,440	7,517	-884	-924	40
2007:3	9,536	7,805	10,495	8,775	7,902	-959	-970	11
2007:4	10,303	8,434	10,729	8,952	8,215	-426	-518	92
2008:1	9,951	8,344	10,817	9,117	8,304	-866	-772	-93
Annual change (columns 1-5 percent, columns 6-8 difference)
2004	15.5	17.6	13.1	11.8	14.3	23.7	142.7	-119.0
2005	2.1	4.9	2.8	4.7	4.2	-81.0	-41.8	-39.2
2006	4.7	11.0	-0.2	3.4	5.8	406.4	432.5	-26.1
2007	11.9	13.7	10.2	12.6	14.2	69.2	-9.9	79.1
Over equivalent period in preceding year (columns 1-5 percent, columns 6-8 difference)¹
2008:1	6.5	9.7	10.8	13.6	14.4	-445.9	-351.1	-94.7
Quarter-on-quarter (columns 1-5 percent, columns 6-8 difference)²
2006:2	5.5	9.5	-0.8	0.0	-1.0	513.9	610.6	-96.7
2006:3	2.2	-1.4	-2.0	1.6	3.2	374.6	-225.4	600.0
2006:4	2.1	3.0	6.4	1.4	-0.5	-397.9	95.2	-493.1
2007:1	4.7	6.4	1.2	3.7	6.3	304.1	165.8	138.3
2007:2	-1.4	-1.2	3.4	5.2	3.6	-463.9	-502.6	38.7
2007:3	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.0	5.1	-74.9	-46.4	-28.5
2007:4	8.0	8.1	2.2	2.0	4.0	532.6	452.4	80.2
2008:1	-3.4	-1.1	0.8	1.8	1.1	-439.6	-254.5	-185.1

Notes to table:

Quarterly data in this table and in table c-6 are calculated as sums of monthly seasonally adjusted data, divided by Paasche price indices.

The annual data are average of quarterly data for calendar years, as presented in the table.

(1) Based on unadjusted cumulative data to current work quarter.

(2) Based on seasonally adjusted data.

SOURCE: Central Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Israel computations.

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