Israel Trade Deficit Widens Sharply in July

2025-08-13 10:21 By Dongting Liu 1 min. read

Israel’s trade deficit widened to USD 4.06 billion in July 2025, up from USD 3.77 billion a year earlier.

Imports rose 11.5% to USD 9.32 billion, driven by strong gains in consumer goods (20.4%), raw materials (19.6%), investment goods (18.1%) and diamonds rough and working (45.7%).

In contrast, imports of ships and aircraft (-52.9%) and fuels (-44.6%) fell sharply.

Exports climbed 14.7% to USD 5.26 billion, supported by higher shipments of manufactured and mined goods (13.4%), agricultural products (70.5%) and wholesale diamonds (239.8%).

For the first seven months of 2025, the trade deficit widened to USD 54.45 billion, compared with USD 51.35 billion in the same period of 2024.



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