“Israeli” Exports to Gulf Worth $ 1 Billion!

Local Editor

As part of the continuous normalization between some Gulf kingdoms and the apartheid  “Israeli” entity, exports to Gulf Arab states were worth some one billion dollars in 2016.

The information was  uncovered by a new analysis of trade data.

“Israel’s” publicly available foreign trade data does not show any direct trade in recent years with countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, but the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change said Tuesday its analysis of goods flows between third countries suggest the true amount is “close to” USD$1 billion.

Its estimate suggests “Israeli” exports to the Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] countries outstripped those to allies and giant economies such as Russia and Japan in 2016, the most recent year for which annualized “Israeli” trade data is available.

The GCC is comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The study said the one billion figure is only a tiny fraction of the trade’s potential.

“Given the size of these (GCC) markets, even if Israel’s potential share of them is conservatively estimated at just 2-3 percent of their total imports of goods and services under normal trading conditions, that would amount to $15-25 billion,” the report’s authors wrote of a situation in which the trade was conducted openly.

Earlier this year Saudi Arabia and Oman gave a public indication of deal with “Israel” in the economic sphere by allowing Air India to use their airspace for its flights to Tel Aviv.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team