Main Indicators of foreign trade in Palestine* 2017-2018

Value in Million USD		Date of upload: 20-October-2019
Indicators	2016	2017	2018
Total Exports in Goods	926.5	1,064.9	1,155.6
Total Imports in Goods	5,363.8	5,853.8	6,539.6
Net Trade Balance in Goods	-4,437.4	-4,789	-5,384
Total Exports From West Bank*	922.3	1,056.5	1,141.5
Total Exports From Gaza Strip	4.2	8.3	14.1
Total Imports From Israel	3,123.2	3,234.8	3,632
Total Exports to Israel	770.8	878.6	967.5
Total Exports of Services to Israel	161.4	200	215.7
Total Imports of Services From Israel	137	161.8	203.8
Net Trade Balance in Services	24.4	38.2	11.9

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2019. Foreign Trade Statistics. Ramallah ـ Palestine.
Definition (Exports): It refers to whole commodities that are exported or re-exported outside the country, conditioned with ownership transcription to another economy or to free customs regions as a discount from the national economy.
Definition (Imports): It refers to whole commodities entering the country by air, land and sea that are used in consumption, for conversion in the manufacturing sector and for re-exportation.
Definition (Net Trade Balance): The difference between total exports and total imports.
*():**Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
Note: There are some minor differences in the totals of the values of the same variable between different tables due to the convergence of standard treatment processes on the computer.