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Trade between Israel and the United States

In 2024, Israel exported $21.4 billion to the United States and imported $10.8 billion. Israel ran a surplus of $10.6 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $6 billion in 2019. The United States was Israel’s largest trading partner (21% of its trade), and Israel was the United States’ 26th (0.6%).

Summary

Israel → United States
$21.4billion
United States → Israel
$10.8billion
Israel’s balance
$10.6billion

Balance

Israel’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Israel and the United States grew 2.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 21.4
  • Imports 10.8
  • Balance +10.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$6 billion$5.3 billion$716 million
1996$6.6 billion$6.3 billion$259 million
1997$7.5 billion$5.9 billion$1.5 billion
1998$8.6 billion$6 billion$2.6 billion
1999$10.1 billion$6.8 billion$3.3 billion
2000$12.7 billion$7.1 billion$5.6 billion
2001$11.8 billion$7.2 billion$4.5 billion
2002$12.3 billion$6.4 billion$5.9 billion
2003$12.8 billion$5.8 billion$7 billion
2004$14.4 billion$6.5 billion$7.9 billion
2005$16.7 billion$6.5 billion$10.2 billion
2006$18.9 billion$6.4 billion$12.5 billion
2007$20.5 billion$12.1 billion$8.3 billion
2008$21.8 billion$8.5 billion$13.3 billion
2009$18.4 billion$6.4 billion$12 billion
2010$20.8 billion$7 billion$13.7 billion
2011$22.9 billion$9 billion$13.9 billion
2012$21.9 billion$9.7 billion$12.2 billion
2013$22.5 billion$8.5 billion$14.1 billion
2014$22.7 billion$8.9 billion$13.8 billion
2015$24 billion$8.5 billion$15.5 billion
2016$21.7 billion$8.3 billion$13.4 billion
2017$20.8 billion$8.1 billion$12.7 billion
2018$20.6 billion$9.9 billion$10.7 billion
2019$18.6 billion$12.6 billion$6 billion
2020$14.6 billion$8 billion$6.6 billion
2021$17.6 billion$9 billion$8.7 billion
2022$20.8 billion$9.6 billion$11.2 billion
2023$20.7 billion$10.4 billion$10.3 billion
2024$21.4 billion$10.8 billion$10.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Israel sells to the United States

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

  1. Microchips$4.1 billion · 19.2%
    81 tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  2. Diamonds$4 billion · 18.5%
    Israel’s destinations
  3. 6 thousand tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  4. 2 thousand tonnes
  5. Medical and dental instruments$1.1 billion · 5.3%
    12 thousand tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  6. Other measuring instruments$355 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Aircraft parts$308 million · 1.4%
    813 tonnes
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$306 million · 1.4%
    128 tonnes · the United States’ sources
  9. Other plastic articles$267 million · 1.3%
    13 thousand tonnes
  10. Printers and printing machines$238 million · 1.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Israel

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

  1. Bombs, missiles and ammunition$1.4 billion · 13.2%
    18 thousand tonnes
  2. 1 thousand tonnes
  3. Aircraft parts$419 million · 3.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$403 million · 3.7%
    69 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Diamonds$392 million · 3.6%
    the United States’ destinations
  6. Computers$342 million · 3.2%
    399 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Microchips$334 million · 3.1%
    18 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Cars$240 million · 2.2%
    11 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Armored vehicles$220 million · 2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Trucks$212 million · 2%
    18 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Haifa to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Haifa and Los Angeles is 9,580 nautical miles (17,741 km) long: ≈ 22–28.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.

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$9 billion · 28%
  2. Air$23.2 billion · 72%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Israel’s largest trading partner (21% of its trade), and Israel was the United States’ 26th (0.6%).

The United States in Israel’s trade
20.9%
The United States’ rank among Israel’s partners
1st
Israel in the United States’ trade
0.6%
Israel’s rank among the United States’ partners
26th

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Sources and methodology

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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.