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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