JERUSALEM, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli imports from China rose by 12.4 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, according to an annual report published by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday.
According to import data by country of origin, Israeli imports from China totaled 11.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, compared with 10.5 billion U.S. dollars the year before.
Israeli imports from China are the highest in comparison to Israeli imports from other countries, accounting for 15.4 percent of total Israeli imports in 2018.
Next on the list are the Israeli imports from the U.S., totaled 10.23 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, a jump of 29 percent from 7.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2017.
Israeli imports from China by country of purchase amounted to 9.04 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, compared with 8.44 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, an increase of 7.1 percent.
Israeli imports from the U.S. by country of purchase increased by 20.8 percent, from 8.08 billion U.S. dollars in 2017 to 9.76 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.
The total Israeli imports in 2018 amounted to 76.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.85 percent from 69.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2017.
