Imports of cars, electrical and durable
goods rose in November due to the stronger
shekel, which gained 8.5 percent against
the dollar compared with November 2005,
the Central Bureau of Statistics reported
today. The value of new car imports
rose 25 percent to $213 million in November.
The value of white goods imports rose
9.5 percent to $25 million, while the
value of home electronic entertainment
products imports rose 12 percent to
$28 million.
Car imports rose 13 percent to 12,129
units; commercial vehicles imports
rose 25 percent to 1,242 units, and
trucks and tractors imports rose 5.9
percent to 560 units. Imports of motorcycles
and scooters fell 7 percent to 943
units.
Electrical goods imports also rose.
Imports of refrigerators rose 25 percent,
to 16,245 units; imports of washing
machines rose 11 percent, to 19,285
units; imports of dishwashers rose
5.2 percent to 4,932 units; imports
of DVDs rose 38 percent to 35,314
units, and imports of clothes dryers
rose 38 percent, to 10,976 units.
Television imports fell 1 percent
to 32,592 units, while imports of
VCRs fell 22 percent to 1,690 units.