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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Cranes are seen at the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa, April 23, 2013. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun / File.
Israel’s foreign trade deficit grew 10.4 percent to $23.74 billion in 2019 amid a drop in exports, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
Exports — which account for about 30 percent of Israel’s economic activity — fell 4.2 last year, led by a nearly 14 percent drop in high tech exports, while goods imports excluding ships, aircraft, diamonds and fuel rose 1 percent, the bureau said.
Exporters have suffered from a strong shekel, which appreciated 8.3 percent last year against a basket of currencies of Israel’s main trading partners.
In December, the trade deficit widened to $3.04 billion from $966 million in November and $2 billion in December 2018.
