JERUSALEM, Jul 14 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli regime’s trade deficit in the first half of 2022 increased by about 35.2 percent year-on-year, the state’s Central Bureau of Statistics reported yesterday.
The regime’s trade deficit reached 21.5 billion U.S. dollars in Jan-Jun, 2022, up from 15.9 billion dollars in the same period of last year.
The regime’s exports of goods in the first half of this year totaled 33.5 billion dollars, a rise of 24.1 percent from the 27 billion dollars in the same period in 2021.
The regime’s imports totalled 55 billion dollars in the first six months, 28.2 percent higher than the 42.9 billion dollars recorded in the first half of last year.
The regime’s hi-tech industry exports rose by 18 percent in Jan-Jun, 2022, to 10.86 billion dollars, up from 9.2 billion dollars in the same period of last year.– NNN-PNA
