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Trade between China and Israel

In 2024, China exported $12.1 billion to Israel and imported $7 billion. China ran a surplus of $5.1 billion with Israel, compared with a surplus of $5.4 billion in 2019. Israel was China’s 45th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Israel’s 2nd (12%).

Summary

China → Israel
$12.1billion
Israel → China
$7billion
China’s balance
$5.1billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Israel

Trade between China and Israel grew 56.2-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 12.1
  • Imports 7
  • Balance +5.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$186 million$155 million$31 million
1996$203 million$119 million$84 million
1997$230 million$134 million$96 million
1998$323 million$193 million$130 million
1999$446 million$252 million$194 million
2000$658 million$389 million$269 million
2001$804 million$535 million$269 million
2002$865 million$539 million$326 million
2003$1.1 billion$771 million$290 million
2004$1.5 billion$972 million$533 million
2005$2 billion$1.1 billion$858 million
2006$2.5 billion$1.4 billion$1.1 billion
2007$3.5 billion$1.7 billion$1.9 billion
2008$4.3 billion$1.9 billion$2.4 billion
2009$3.6 billion$1.5 billion$2.2 billion
2010$4.8 billion$2.8 billion$2 billion
2011$5.5 billion$3.6 billion$2 billion
2012$5.4 billion$3 billion$2.5 billion
2013$5.8 billion$3.5 billion$2.3 billion
2014$6 billion$3.4 billion$2.6 billion
2015$5.9 billion$3.3 billion$2.6 billion
2016$6 billion$3.3 billion$2.7 billion
2017$6.6 billion$4.1 billion$2.5 billion
2018$10.4 billion$5 billion$5.4 billion
2019$10.3 billion$4.9 billion$5.4 billion
2020$7.2 billion$5.8 billion$1.5 billion
2021$10.2 billion$6.5 billion$3.6 billion
2022$12.3 billion$7.5 billion$4.7 billion
2023$15 billion$7 billion$8 billion
2024$12.1 billion$7 billion$5.1 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Israel

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$1.7 billion · 13.8%
    103 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Batteries$333 million · 2.8%
    9 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Buses$228 million · 1.9%
    8 thousand tonnes
  4. Air conditioners$226 million · 1.9%
    7 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. New tires$191 million · 1.6%
    12 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Lamps and light fittings$166 million · 1.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Seats and chairs$157 million · 1.3%
    19 thousand tonnes
  8. Transformers and power supplies$156 million · 1.3%
    6 thousand tonnes
  9. Furniture$154 million · 1.3%
    40 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Women's suits and dresses$153 million · 1.3%
    8 thousand tonnes

What Israel sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Microchips$3.6 billion · 51.3%
    51 tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  2. Other measuring instruments$962 million · 13.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Medical and dental instruments$189 million · 2.7%
    389 tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  4. Potash fertilizers$186 million · 2.7%
    632 thousand tonnes
  5. Electron microscopes$169 million · 2.4%
    203 tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$142 million · 2%
    35 tonnes · China’s sources
  7. X-ray and radiation equipment$118 million · 1.7%
    284 tonnes
  8. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine$90 million · 1.3%
    36 thousand tonnes
  9. Phenol derivatives$90 million · 1.3%
    37 thousand tonnes
  10. Diamonds$88 million · 1.3%
    Israel’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Haifa.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Haifa is 15,156 nautical miles (28,069 km) long: ≈ 35–45 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Gibraltar (15,156 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal (7,508 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$10.8 billion · 56.4%
  2. Air$8.3 billion · 43.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Israel was China’s 45th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Israel’s 2nd (12%).

Israel in China’s trade
0.3%
Israel’s rank among China’s partners
45th
China in Israel’s trade
12.4%
China’s rank among Israel’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Israel

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.