Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
Exports - partners:
US 36.5%, Belgium 8.7%, Hong Kong 5.6% (2005)
Imports:
$43.19 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough
diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 13.4%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 5.7%, Switzerland 5.5%,
China 4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$28.06 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$75.55 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$662 million from US (2003 est.)
Currency (code):
new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation;
ILS is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code
for the NIS
Currency code:
ILS