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Sunday September 16, 9:29 PM

Israel Q2 current account surplus at $1.96 bln

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Israel's current account surplus in its balance of payments widened to $1.96 billion in the second quarter of 2007 from $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2007, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday.

(in millions of dollars)

                        Q2 07      Q1 07*     Q2 06*
 Exports of goods/svcs    17,205     16,645     16,217
 Imports of goods/svcs    17,620     16,768     15,541
 Net Current Transfers     1,952      1,688      1,666
 Balance                 + 1,957    + 1,335    + 1,980
 Note - Data are seasonally adjusted.

-- The bureau said Israel's current account surplus narrowed to $3.3 billion in the first half of 2007 from $4.2 billion in the second half of 2006.

*-revised

 


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